Definition of Which

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Definition of Which

Which

Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.

A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1.

A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.

A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.

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Which Quotations

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
Mother Teresa

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.
Albert Einstein

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
Albert Einstein

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
Albert Einstein

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Albert Einstein

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Albert Einstein

Which Translations

which in Afrikaans is wie, wat, watter
which in Dutch is hetwelk, wie, die, dat, welke, welk
which in Finnish is kuka
which in French is quels, quelles, quel, qui, qu', quelle
which in German is welch, welche, welche, welcher
which in Hungarian is amelyik, amelyet, amelyiket, melyiket, ami, az
which in Italian is che
which in Latin is qui quae que quod
which in Norwegian is hvem
which in Portuguese is qual, quem
which in Swedish is vilken, som, vilken

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