whose

whose S2 W1 / huz / determiner , 代词

1 used to ask which person or people a particular thing belongs to :

Whose is this?

Whose keys are those?

2 used to show the relationship between a person or thing and something that belongs to that person or thing :

That’s the man whose house has burned down.

Solar energy is an idea whose time has come.

3 used to give additional information about a person or thing :

Jurors, whose identities will be kept secret, will be paid $40 a day.