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who (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: hwa]
used to ask or talk about which person is involved, or what the name of a person is
::Who locked the door?
::Who do you work for?
::Who's that guy with your wife?
::They never found out who the murderer was.
::She wondered who had sent the flowers.
who to ask/contact/blame etc
::He doesn't know who to vote for.
who on earth/in the world etc
(=used for emphasis when you are surprised, angry etc)
::Who on earth would live in such a lonely place?
::Who the hell are you?
used after a noun to show which person or which people you are talking about
::Do you know the people who live over the road?
::the woman who was driving
::She was the one who did most of the talking.
used, after a comma in writing, to add more information about a particular person or group of people that you have just mentioned
::I discussed it with my brother, who is a lawyer.
::Alison Jones and her husband David, who live in Hartlepool, are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary.
informal used to introduce a question that shows you think something is true of everyone or of no one
::We have the occasional argument. Who doesn't? (=everyone does)
::Who wants to come second? (=no one does)
who is sb to do sth?
spoken used to say that someone does not have the right or the authority to say or do something
::Who is she to order me around?
who's who
a) if you know who is who within a particular organization or group, you know what each person's name is and what job they do or what position they have
::I'm just getting to know who's who in the department.
b) a who's who of sth
a list of the important people within a particular organization or group - often used to emphasize that many important people are involved in something
::The list of competitors reads like a who's who of international tennis players.