Which meanings

Which side are you on? Is there a particular sequence in which you have to perform these tasks? Why don't you play about with the different fonts on the computer and see which one you want to use?

Which of these jackets do you prefer? Which town shall we visit next? Bristol or Bath? B1 used to add extra information to a previous clause , in writing usually after a comma :. That bar on Milton Street , which by the way is very nice , is owned by Trevor's brother. She says it's Charlotte's fault , which is stupid , and that she blames her.

Anyway, that evening , which I'll tell you more about later , I ended up staying at Rachel's place. It's the third in a sequence of three books , the first of which I really enjoyed. He showed me round the town , which was very kind of him. The picking of the fruit , for which work they receive no money , takes about a week. He said the police assaulted him while he was in custody , a claim which the police deny. His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort.

She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible. He's got pink walls and a green carpet , which to my mind looks all wrong. The bomb , which killed 15 people , was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages. Linguistics: relative forms. Grammar Questions: interrogative pronouns what , who. Interrogative pronouns: uses.

Which as a question word. Which in relative clauses. A2 used as the subject or object of a verb to show what thing or things you are referring to, or to add information about the thing just mentioned. It is usually used for things, not people :.

These are principles which we all believe in. You know that little Italian restaurant - the one which I mentioned in my letter? Is that the film in which he kills his mother? The death of his son was an experience from which he never fully recovered. It isn't a subject to which I devote a great deal of thought. The band played a familiar tune which had everyone clapping along. Contrary to the teachings of some usage guides, which introduces both restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses.

In edited prose three-fourths of the clauses in which which is the relative pronoun are restrictive: A novel which he later wrote quickly became a bestseller.

See also that. Words nearby which whey , wheyey , wheyface , wheyish , whf. I wrote about my favorite movie that was released in Both sentences are about a movie. Quiz yourself on which vs. We've spelled out the basics on "that" vs. Words related to which that , whatever , whichever.

How to use which in a sentence So I've worked out a plan by- which you can examine the invention and test its profits without risking one penny. Dynamic Thought William Walker Atkinson. Berry And Co. Dornford Yates. In addition to the idioms beginning with which which is which which way the wind blows. Robinson the Samnite tribes, which settled south and southeast of Rome — Ernst Pulgram — used freely in reference to persons as recently as the 17th century our Father which art in heaven — Matthew King James Version , and still occasionally so used but usually with some implication of emphasis on the function or role of the person rather than on the person as such chiefly they wanted husbands, which they got easily — Lynn White — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, in reference to an idea expressed by a word or group of words that is not necessarily a noun or noun phrase he resigned that post, after which he engaged in ranching — Current Biography.

Definition of which Entry 3 of 3. The remains had initially been misidentified as those of an "enormous, possibly human-eating eagle," which … yikes. That vs. Which : Usage Guide Pronoun Although some handbooks say otherwise, that and which are both regularly used to introduce restrictive clauses in edited prose.

State Road 2, LaPorte, which can accommodate vendors. First Known Use of which Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Pronoun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Conjunction , in the meaning defined above.

Learn More About which. Time Traveler for which The first known use of which was before the 12th century See more words from the same century.

From the Editors at Merriam-Webster. Don't Blame Millennials for the Don't Blame Millennials for the Introductory 'Which' Sorry, cool kids, you're not the first to use the word to signal commentary. Statistics for which Look-up Popularity. Style: MLA. More Definitions for which. Kids Definition of which Entry 1 of 2. Kids Definition of which Entry 2 of 2.