Meaning

(interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question..

Definitions by Sense

1. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
2. (relative) Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
3. (fused relative, archaic or marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.
4. (informal, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
5. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
6. (interrogative, dialect, African-American Vernacular) whose

Example Sentences

You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)

I don't know who it is. (indirect question)

Who says they care? —They themselves do.

Who is coming to your party? Who are your favourite singers?

Ia[go]. Hee’s married. Caſ[ſio]. To who? […] Ia[go]. Marry to. ---- Come Captaine, will you goe? Oth[ello]. Ha, with who?

Who insults my mother insults me.

Give it to who deserves it.

Who steals my purse steals trash.

Word Forms

• whom
• who
• whose
• whos

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When Should You Use Who?

Use who when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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