Meaning of which in English

which

determiner, pronoun

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which determiner, pronoun (QUESTION)

(used in questions and structures in which there is a fixed or limited set of answers or possibilities) what one or ones:

Which party would you prefer to go to - Anna's or Dan's ?

Which doctor did you see - Seward?

Which time suits you better - 12.30 or one o'clock?

"Jacinta was there with her boyfriend." "Which one? She has several."

Which is mine? The smaller one?

See if you can guess which one is me in my old school photo.

It's either Spanish or Portuguese that she speaks, but I've forgotten which.

Which of the desserts did you have?

Which of your parents do you feel closer to?

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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?

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which determiner, pronoun (ADDS INFORMATION)

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.

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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.

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Grammar

Questions: interrogative pronouns (what, who)

We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. They are: who, which, whom, what and whose. These are also known as wh-words. Questions using these are called wh-questions: …

Interrogative pronouns: uses

We use who and whom on their own: …

Which

Which is a wh-word. We use which to ask questions and to introduce relative clauses. …

Which as a question word

We use which in questions as a determiner and interrogative pronoun to ask for specific information: …

Which in relative clauses

We use which in relative clauses to refer to animals and to things: …

Which + of

We use of with which before other determiners (the, those, your) and pronouns (yours, them): …

which

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which pronoun (USED TO REFER)

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.

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