pronoun
1 used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people:
Who is that woman? * I wonder who that letter was from. * Who are you phoning? * Who's the money for?
2 used to show which person or people you mean:
The people who called yesterday want to buy the house. * The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card.
3 used to give more information about sb:
Mrs Smith, who has a lot of teaching experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September. * And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in.
compareWHOM
IDIOMS
who am I, who are you, etc. to do sth? used to ask what right or authority sb has to do sth:
Who are you to tell me I can't park here?
who's who people's names, jobs, status, etc:
You'll soon find out who's who in the office.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for who is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does who appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — who appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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