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who've

/huːv/

who've is the contraction of who.

Meaning of who

Pronoun

who (singular or plural, nominative case, objective whom, who, possessive whose)

  1. (interrogative, nominative, plural, singular) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
    • You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
  2. (nominative, plural, relative, singular) With antecedent as subject.
    • That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
  3. (nominative, plural, relative, singular, non-formal) With antecedent as object: whom.
    • That's the man who I saw earlier.
  4. (nominative, plural, singular, fused relative, archaic or marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.
    • Who dares wins.
  5. (informal, nominative, plural, singular, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
    • Who are the Miami Heat?

See all 8 meanings of who

Origin of who've

From who + -'ve.

Words that rhyme with who've

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about who've

What is who've the contraction of?
Who've is the contraction of who.
How do you pronounce who've?
Who've is pronounced /huːv/.

Words near who've in the dictionary

  1. who's-his-name
  2. who'sherface
  3. who'shername
  4. who'shisface
  5. who'shisname
  6. who've
  7. Who-athon
  8. Who-athons
  9. who-dunnit
  10. who-dunnits
  11. who-hit-John

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