pron#66 by frequency
who
/huː/
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question
Meanings
- 1
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question
Who has to do it?
Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR
Who did you come with?
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
; With antecedent as subject — Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent
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; With antecedent as object: whom — Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent
- 4
Whoever, he who, they whorare
- 5
Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teamsrare