whose

Misspelling of who's.

Contraction

  1. Misspelling of who's.

Origin

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Determiner

  1. Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
    • Whose (wallet) is this?
    • We should buy a house. ~ With whose money?
    • For whose benefit are you acting.?
  2. Of whom, belonging to whom.
    • This is the man whose dog caused the accident.
    • Venus, whose sister is Serena, won the latest championship.
    • I dedicate this award to my parents, without whose help I wouldn't have made it this far.
  3. Of which, belonging to which.
    • We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.

Derived

whose foot the shoe is on whose ox is gored you and whose army

Pronoun

  1. That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
    • Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?
    • He asked whose the umbrella was.

    1. That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

      • This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.
      • For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:23:
      • If he starts it on another man's lands, and kills it there, it belongs to the owner of the land; but if he start game on one man's lands, and pursue it to those of another, and kill it there, it is neither the property...