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Definition of "who's" []

  • Contraction of who is. (noun-possessive)
  • Contraction of who has. (noun-possessive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "who's" in a sentence
  • "“Can't we just use a different producer with just as big a name who's not quite so . . . gloss oriented?”"
  • "President Obama has even provided a definition of who's wealthy in arguing that taxes should be raised for those households with incomes of at least $250,000 a year."
  • "And his story, a guy with the name Langowski who's on the Mexican wrestling team, you say, 'I've got to find out more about this.'"
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