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This word consists of 5 letters and is spelled as "W-H-I-C-H". It has 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

How do you spell which

Typo fix for "which"

which

adjective

How to pronunciation which: ˈ(h)wich

Common misspellings: wich

What does Which Mean?

What does which meaning in English

1. The pronoun relative; relating to things. The apostles term it the pledge of our heavenly inheritance, sometimes the handsel or earnest of that which is to come. Hooker, b. v. Do they not blaspheme that worthy name, by the which ye are called? Ja. ii. 7. In destructions by deluge, the remnant which hap to be reserved are ignorant. Bacon. To which their want of judging abilities, add also their want of opportunity to apply to such a serious consideration as may let them into the true goodness and evil of things, which are qualities which seldom display themselves to the first view. South’s Sermons. The queen of furies by their side is set, And snatches from their mouths th’ untasted meat, Which, if they touch, her hissing snakes she rears. Dryden. After the several earths, consider the parts of the surface of this globe which is barren, as sand and rocks. Locke.
   
2. It formerly was used for who, and related likewise to persons: The Almighty, which giveth wisdom to whomsoever it pleaseth him, did, for the good of his church, stay those eager affections. Hooker. Do you hear, sir, of a battle? ———— Every one hears that, Which can distinguish sound. Shakesp. King Lear. Had I been there, which am a silly woman, The soldiers should have toss’d me on their pikes, Before I would have granted to that act. Shakesp. H. VI.
   
3. The genitive of which, as well as of who, is whose; but whose, as derived from which, is scarcely used but in poetry. Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste. Milton.

Other definitions for which

The definition of 'which' is: being what one or ones out of a group —used as an interrogative

How to spell which

Want to know how to spell which, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "which consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈ(h)wich".

Synonyms for which:

There are synonyms for which'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of which:

all over, everyplace, everywhere, far and wide, high and low, throughout, right and left

Some words similar to "which"

• chichling vetch
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• chichikov
• geschichte
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Idioms with the word which

• Know which way the wind is blowing

The word "which" in works of art

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

Mohsin Hamid / The Reluctant Fundamentalist

As a child, Cora would have scorned his talk of the fantastic. She would have said that slavers stole only black bodies, and that the African continent was a fecund space of magic and wisdom, of which the men on the ships and the men on the blocks knew nothing.

Colson Whitehead / The Underground Railroad

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe.

The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert

I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.

Frankenstein / Mary Shelley

What is memory if not the language of feeling, a dictionary of faces and days and smells which repeat themselves like the verbs and adjectives in a speech, sneaking in behind the thing itself, into the pure present, making us sad or teaching us vicariously...

Roberto Bolaño / 2666

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How many points in scrabble for which

How many points is the word "which" in Scrabble? Is "which" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word which is 16

Understanding English Verb Tenses

English verb tenses can be quite confusing, but with some practice, you can master them. There are 12 different tenses in English, which fall into two categories: simple and continuous. Simple tenses refer to actions that happen once, whereas continuous tenses refer to ongoing or repeated actions. For example, the present simple tense is used to talk about habits or things that are always true, while the present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment or temporarily. It's important to understand the different verb tenses in order to communicate effectively in English.