Who (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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pronoun; possessive whose;objective whom.
  1. what person or persons?: Who did it?
  2. (of a person) of what character, origin, position, importance, etc.: Who does she think she is?
  3. the person that or any person that (used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent): It was who you thought.
  4. (used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent, the antecedent being a person or sometimes an animal or personified thing): Any kid who wants to can learn to swim.
  5. the person or persons who.
Idioms
  1. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
abbreviation, noun
  1. an agency of the United Nations, established in 1948, concerned with improving international public health and preventing or controlling communicable diseases on a worldwide basis through various technical projects and programs.
pronoun
  1. which person? what person? used in direct and indirect questions
  2. used to introduce relative clauses with antecedents referring to human beings
  3. the one or ones who; whoever
abbreviation for
  1. World Health Organization
Who (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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