whych

Pronoun

which

1. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
   • Which is which?
2. The/Any ones that; whichever.
   • Please take which you please.
3. (relative) Referring to a preceding noun.
   • I dropped a saucepan, which knocked over the eggs, which went all over the kitchen floor.
4. (archaic, relative) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it such as baby, child).
   • She had a young child, which cried incessantly.
5. (relative) Referring to a preceding statement.
   • The front door was open, which concerned me.
6. (proscribed, relative, sometimes) In a restrictive relative clause, referring to a noun previously mentioned.
   • This is the letter which I received.

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