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  1. 1. a. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/interrogative">interrogative class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/pronoun">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. Source: opted
  3. 3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; thatone (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will leadyou to town. Source: adambom
  6. 6. d:100 a. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. a. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/interrogative">interrogative class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/pronoun">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. Source: ecdict

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