wɪtʃ adj. & pron. --interrog.adj. asking
for choice from a
definite set of alternatives (which
John do
you mean?;
say which
book you
prefer; which
way shall we go?). --rel.adj.
being the one just referred
to;
and this or
these (ten years,
during which
time they admitted
nothing; a
word of
advice, which
action is
within your power, will set things straight). --interrog.pron. 1 which
person or persons (which of you is responsible?). 2 which
thing or things (say which you prefer). --rel.pron. (poss. of which, whose) 1 which thing or things, usu. introducing a
clause not essential for
identification (cf.
THAT pron. 7) (the
house, which is
empty,
has been damaged). 2 used in
place of that
after in or that (there is the house in which I
was born; that which you
have just seen). øwhich is which a
phrase used
when two or
more persons or things are
difficult to
distinguish from
each other. [OE hwilc f. Gmc]