Meaning of who | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of World Health Organization.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. The television show Doctor Who.
   slang
3. What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question
4. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
5. World Health Organization
6. Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent. With antecedent as subject
7. World Health Organization.
8. With antecedent as subject
9. (used as the subject of a verb) what person(s)(?). Who is that woman in the green hat?; Who did that?; Who won?; Do you know who all these people are? wie من؟: ضمير إستِفْهام عن الفاعِل العاقِل кой quem kdo wer hvem ποιοςquién, quiénes kes چه کسى kuka quiמי कौन tko ki(k)? siapa hver chi だれが (사람에 관해 물어) 누구, 어떤 사람(들) kas kas siapa wiehvemkto څوك، چا: كوم يو (وګړى quem cine кто kto kdo ko vem ใคร kim, kimler 誰 хто?; котрий? کون ai 谁
10. With antecedent as object: whom
11. any person or people that. Whoever gets the job will have a lot of work to do. wie ook al كُل من، أيّاً كان който и да е quem ten, kdo wer auch immer hvem der end όποιος, οποιοσδήποτεquien, quienquiera que, el que kes iganes هر کسی kuka tahansa la personne qui מִי שֶׁ- जो भी tko god akárki, bárki, aki csak barang siapa hver sem chiunque; chi ～する人はだれでも (…하는 사람은) 누구든지 kas, kad ir kas jebkurš, kas sesiapa yang wie ... ook den som; alle/enhver som ktokolwiek هر څوک quem acela care тот кто ten, kt...
12. Whoever, he who, they who
13. (used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) what person(s)(?). Whom/who do you want to see?; Whom/who did you give it to?; To whom shall I speak? vir wie ضَمير إسْتِفْهام للسُّؤال عن المَفعول به العاقِل بِمَعْنى: من кого quem komu, koho, kým wen, wem hvem ποιον a quién/quiénes kellele, keda چه کسى را ketä, keitä, kenet, kenelle que, quiמי, למי किसको, जिसको kome kit?, kiket? siapa hvern chi だれを 누구를(에게) ką, kam ko; kuru; kam; kuram siapa wiehv...
14. (used as the object of a verb or preposition but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who).
15. to know which people are important. weet wie's wie يَعْرِف من هو الشَّخْص المُهِم знам кой е важен conhecer quem é importante / conhecer quem é quem znát vlivné osoby wissen, wer wichtig ist vide hvem, der er hvem έχω υψηλές γνωριμίες saber qué personas son importantes teadma kes on kes قابلیت تشخیص افراد مهم tietää merkkihenkilöt connaître les personnes influentes לַדָעָת מִי חָשוּב महत्वपूर्ण लोग znati tko je tko tudja, hogy ki kicsoda mengenal orang yang penting vita hverjir eru merkilegir...
16. What or which person or persons: Who left?
17. Used as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause when the antecedent is a person or persons or one to whom personality is attributed: the visitor who came yesterday; our child, who is gifted; informed sources who denied the story.
18. The person or persons that; whoever: Who believes that will believe anything.

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Examples

“A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist.”

“Trump initiated the year-long withdrawal process from the WHO in 2020 but six months later his successor, President Joe Biden, reversed the decision.”

“After three event episodes in a row (the finale, Christmas special and season opener), “Tooth and Claw” is the first “regular” episode of Who we've had in a while.”

“This is as wildly different to any episode of Who so far. It's fab.”

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