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which

[hwich, wich]

Origin

pronoun

what one?: Which of these do you want? Which do you want?

whichever: Choose which appeals to you.

(used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent): The book, which I read last night, was exciting. The socialism which Owen preached was unpalatable to many. The lawyer represented five families, of which the Costello family was the largest.

(used relatively in restrictive clauses having that as the antecedent): Damaged goods constituted part of that which was sold at the auction.

(used after a preposition to represent a specified antecedent): the horse on which I rode.

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(used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent) the one that; a particular one that: You may choose which you like.

(used in parenthetic clauses) the thing or fact that: He hung around for hours and, which was worse, kept me from doing my work.

Nonstandard. who or whom: a friend which helped me move; the lawyer which you hired.

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adjective

what one of (a certain number or group mentioned or implied)?: Which book do you want?

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whichever; any that: Go which way you please, you'll end up here.

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being previously mentioned: It stormed all day, during which time the ship broke up.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hwilc, hwelc, equivalent to hwe- (base of hwā who) + -līc body, shape, kind (see like¹); cognate with Old Frisian hwelik, Dutch welk, German welch, Gothic hwileiks literally, of what form

Can be confused: that, which (see usage note at that).

Usage note
The relative pronoun which refers to inanimate things and to animals: The house, which we had seen only from a distance, impressed us even more as we approached. The horses which pulled the coach were bay geldings. Formerly, which referred to persons, but this use, while still heard (a man which I know), is nonstandard. EXPANDContrary to the teachings of some usage guides, which introduces both restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses. The “rule” that which can be used only with nonrestrictive clauses has no basis in fact. In edited prose three-fourths of the clauses in which which is the relative pronoun are restrictive: A novel which he later wrote quickly became a bestseller. See also that.
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World English Dictionary

which (wɪtʃ)

—*determiner*
1.	a. used with a noun in requesting that its referent be further specified, identified, or distinguished from the other members of a class: which house did you want to buy?
	b. (as pronoun): which did you find?
	c. (used in indirect questions): I wondered which apples were cheaper
2.	a. whatever of a class; whichever: bring which car you want
	b. (as pronoun): choose which of the cars suit you
3.	used in relative clauses with inanimate antecedents: the house, which is old, is in poor repair
4.	as; and that: used in relative clauses with verb phrases or sentences as their antecedents: he died of cancer, which is what I predicted
5.	archaic the which a longer form of which, often used as a sentence connector

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

which

O.E. hwilc (W.Saxon) "which," short for hwi-lic "of what form," from P.Gmc. *khwilikaz (cf. O.S. hwilik, O.N. hvelikr, Swed. vilken, O.Fris. hwelik, M.Du. wilk, Du. welk, O.H.G. hwelich, Ger. welch, Goth. hvileiks "which"), from *khwi- "who" (see who) + *likan "body, form"

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(cf. O.E. lic "body;" see like). In M.E. used as a relative pronoun where mod. Eng. would use who, as still in the Lord's Prayer. O.E. also had parallel forms hwelc and hwylc, which disappeared 15c.

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Idioms & Phrases

which

In addition to the idioms beginning with which, also see every which way; know which side of bread is buttered; (which) way the wind blows.