whose

adjective
UK: /huːz/
US: /huːz/

  1. Belonging to whom. Used to indicate ownership or association.

    1. Whose car is parked outside my house I wonder? [ ] [ ]
    2. Do you know whose responsibility it is to clean the kitchen after dinner? [ ] [ ]
whose pronoun

  1. Used to ask which person owns something or is associated with something.

    1. Whose is this book I found on the desk? [ ] [ ]
    2. Whose idea was it to have a picnic in the pouring rain I wonder? [ ] [ ]

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The phonetic transcription of "whose" is /huːz/ in British English and /huːz/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Example usage of "whose": "Whose car is parked outside my house I wonder?". More examples on the page.