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“whose” – English explanatory dictionary

told me his name in the cab; he was Egbert Elvesham, the great philosopher, whose name
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- Whose idea was it that you come here?
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pron 1. (asking a question) which belongs to which person ○ Whose is that car? ○ Whose book is this? ○ Whose money was stolen? 2. of whom ○ The family whose house was burgled. ○ The man whose hat you borrowed. ○ The girl whose foot you trod on. (NOTE: Do not confuse with who’s.)
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whose
(hooz), pron. [OE. whos, whas, AS. hwaes, gen. of hwa. See Who.] The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. “Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee.” Gen. xxiv. 23. “The question whose solution I require.” Dryden.
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Timon asked, "Whose idea was it to challenge Scar and save the Pride Lands?"

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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