Definition:
- (a.) Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
- (a.) 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.
- (pron.) 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.
- (pron.) 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.
Compare which with other words:
including vs. which
one vs. which
any vs. which
this vs. which
chich vs. which
which vs. wizard
such vs. which
wherethrough vs. which
unattackable vs. which
attackable vs. which
which vs. wish
how vs. which
they vs. which
where vs. which
thar vs. which
which vs. with
whereby vs. which
whereinto vs. which
whereon vs. which
also vs. which
coulisse vs. which
soever vs. which
whereupon vs. which
whereof vs. which
which vs. witch
which vs. whom
wherefore vs. which
which vs. whichsoever
which vs. whichever
which vs. who
interrogative vs. which
which vs. wich
which vs. whose
what vs. which
that vs. which