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WHICH

/wɪt͡ʃ/
Meanings
  • Determiner, pronoun, adverb

    Used to introduce a question asking for information about which one of two or more things.

    - "Which of these two apples is sweeter?"
    - "Which train should I take to reach the station faster?"
Pronunciation
  1. /wɪt͡ʃ/



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  2. /wɪt͡ʃ/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with WHICH
which , hitch , stitch , itch
Variants
List of all variants of which that leads to same result
which , which is to say , which is which , which way the wind is blowing , every which way , in which case , know which side her bread is buttered on , know which side his bread is buttered on , know which side one's bread is buttered on , know which side their bread is buttered on , stick with which to beat , stick with which to beat (someone) , stick with which to beat someone
Etymology
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Old English hwīch, hwīce, from hwīh 'which' + -ich, -ic 'belonging to'.

Trivia
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  1. In English grammar, 'which' is considered a determiner, pronoun, and adverb.

  2. In the Bible, 'which' is used over 700 times.

  3. In mathematics, 'which' is used to denote a specific member of a set.

Related Concepts
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  1. relative pronoun: A pronoun used to introduce a subordinate clause that relates to the main clause by indicating the relationship between the clauses.

  2. determiner: A word that helps to identify a specific noun or noun phrase in a sentence.

Culture
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In literature, 'which' is often used to introduce relative clauses that provide additional information about a noun. For instance, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the line 'And as I stood there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.', 'which' introduces the relative clause 'that introduced the green light at the end of Daisy's dock'. In music, 'Which Way to the Sea?' is a traditional English folk song.

How to Memorize "which"

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    - To memorize 'which', imagine a 'witch' asking 'which' question. For example, 'Which of the witches has the longest nose?'

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