whosepronoun, determiner
uk/huːz/us/huːz/B1 used especially in questions when asking about which person owns or is responsible for something:
Whose is this bag?
Whose bag is this?
More examples
- Whose are these shoes.
- I didn't know whose money it was.
- Do you know whose car that is?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: question words & expressions
- devil
- extent
- how about...? idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth... idiom
- in God's/heaven's name idiom
- interrogative
- shall
- what the blazes...? idiom
- what's that (all) about (then)? idiom
- what's the score? idiom
- what/where/how/why the devil idiom
- whatever
- when
- whenever
- where
- which
- whither
- why
- world
- would you like...? idiom
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whosedeterminer
uk/huːz/us/huːz/B1 used for adding information about a person or thing just mentioned:
Cohen, whose short film won awards, was chosen to direct the movie .
There was a picture in the paper of a man whose leg had been blown off.
They meet in an old house, whose basement has been converted into a chapel.
Fraud detectives are investigating the company, three of whose senior executives have already been arrested.
More examples
- The scheme is designed to help children whose parents have fallen on hard times.
- It's an Australian company whose logo features a red kangaroo.
- It's very difficult to integrate yourself into a society whose culture is so different from your own.
- There's no profit to be gained from endlessly discussing whose fault it was.
- You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have decide whose side you're on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- whenever
- where
- whereby
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whither
- who
- whoever
- whom
- whomever
- whosoever
- wot