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who

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Pronoun
  1. 1

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

    • You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
    • I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
    • Who says they care? —They themselves do.
  2. 2

    Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent. With antecedent as subject.

    • That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
    • My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)
    • That's the man who I saw earlier.
  3. 3

    With antecedent as subject.

    • That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
    • My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)
  4. 4

    With antecedent as object: whom.

    • That's the man who I saw earlier.
    • My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend.
  5. 5

    Whoever, he who, they who.

    • Who dares wins.
    • Who insults my mother insults me.
    • Give it to who deserves it.
  6. 6

    Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

    • Who are the Miami Heat?
Noun
  1. 1

    A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Determiner
  1. 1

    whose

    • Who phone just rang?

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