Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - whose
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Whose
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~ determiner, pronoun 1 used to ask which person or people a particular thing belongs to (Whose house is this? | Whose is this car?) 2 used to show the relationship between a person or thing and something that belongs to that person or thing (That's the man whose house has burned down. | a new laptop computer whose low cost will make it attractive to students)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use whose at the beginning of a relative clause where you mention something that belongs to or is associated with the person or thing mentioned in the previous clause. I saw a man shouting at a driver whose car was blocking the street. ...a speedboat, whose fifteen-strong crew claimed to belong to China’s navy. ...tourists whose vacations included an unexpected adventure. PRON 2. You use whose in questions to ask about the person or thing that something belongs to or is associated with. Whose was the better performance?... ‘Whose is this?’—‘It’s mine.’... ‘It wasn’t your fault, John.’—‘Whose, then?’... Whose car were they in?... QUEST 3. You use whose after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the person or thing that something belongs to or is associated with. I’m wondering whose mother she is then... I can’t remember whose idea it was for us to meet again. DET • Whose is also a conjunction. I wondered whose the coat was... That kind of person likes to spend money, it doesn’t matter whose it is. CONJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English whos, genitive of who, what Date: before 12th century of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors ~ gorgeous vesture heaps the ground — Robert Browning, agent or agents the law courts, ~ decisions were important — F. L. Mott, or object or objects of an action the first poem ~ publication he ever sanctioned — J. W. Krutch II. pronoun, singular or plural in construction Date: 12th century that which belongs to whom — used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective ~ tell me ~ it was — Shakespeare ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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pron. & adj. --pron. of or belonging to which person (whose is this book?). --adj. of whom or which (whose book is this?; the man, whose name was Tim; the house whose roof was damaged). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. в прямых вопросах: чей?, чья?, чье?, чьи? whose umbrella is this? —- чей это зонтик? whose daughter are you? —- чья вы дочь? whose book did you take? —- чью книгу вы взяли? whose are these gloves? —- чьи это перчатки? 2. в придаточных определительных предложениях: чей, чья, чье, чьи; которого, которой, которых the tree under whose shade we are sitting —- дерево, под тенью которого мы сидим the house whose windows are broken —- дом, окна которого разбиты this is the person for whose sake he did it —- вот человек, ради которого он это сделал the pupil whose work I showed you —- ученик, работу которого я вам показывал 3. в косвенных вопросах и придаточных предложениях: чей, чья, чье, чьи I wonder whose house that is —- интересно, чей это дом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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