who


Definition: Meaning of, who in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / huː;hʊ /

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who
  1. used to ask or talk about which person is involved, or what the name of a person is
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  2. used after a noun to show which person or which people you are talking about
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  3. used, after a COMMA in writing, to add more information about a particular person or group of people that you have just mentioned
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  4. informal used to introduce a question that shows you think something is true of everyone or of no one
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  5. who is somebody to do something? spoken used to say that someone does not have the right or the authority to say or do something
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  6. who's who if you know who is who within a particular organization or group, you know what each person's name is and what job they do or what position they have
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  7. who's who a who's who of something a list of the important people within a particular organization or group - often used to emphasize that many important people are involved in something
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WHO


Definition: Meaning of, WHO in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / huː /

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  1. the abbreviation of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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WHO used in phrases

  • Dr Who
    1. a British series of television programmes, about a scientist called Dr Who, who travels with different people through time and space in his TIME MACHINE the TARDIS . He fights evil people and frightening creatures from other worlds, usually in a way that is not violent. His most famous enemies are the Daleks .
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
    1. (1967) a US film about a white girl who invites her black boyfriend home to meet her parents. It was one of the first US films to deal with the subject of RACISM .
  • Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The
    1. a character in a NURSERY RHYME (= old song or poem for children), which starts:There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,/Who had so many children she didn't know what to do /...
  • Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The
    1. (1963) a novel by John Le Carré about a British SPY (= someone whose job it is to find out secret information about another country) in EAST GERMANY who wants to go back to the West
  • Who's Who
    1. trademark a book produced every year in the UK that contains an alphabetical list of famous and important people, such as politicians, writers, and entertainers, and provides information about their achievements, their families etc
  • Who, Dr
  • who'd
    1. who would, who had
  • who'll
    1. the short form of 'who will'
  • who're
    1. the short form of 'who are'
  • who's
    1. the short form of 'who is' or 'who has'
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