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Princeton's WordNet

  1. World Health Organization, WHOnoun

    a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services

Wiktionary

  1. whonoun

    A person under discussion; a question of which person.

  2. whopronoun

    What person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).

  3. whopronoun

    The person or people that.

    It was a nice man who helped us.

  4. Etymology: hwa (dative hwam, genitive hwæs), from hwaz, from kʷos.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Whopronoun.

    Etymology: hwa , Saxon; wie, Dutch.

    We have no perfect description of it, nor any knowledge how, or by whom it is inhabited. George Abbot.

    Oft have I seen a timely-parted ghost,
    Of ashy semblance, meagre, pale, and bloodless,
    Being all descended to the lab’ring heart,
    Who, in the conflict that it holds with death,
    Attracts the same for aidance ’gainst the enemy. William Shakespeare.

    Were the grac’d person of our Banquo present,
    Whom I may rather challenge for unkindness,
    Than pity for mischance. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    The son of Duncan,
    From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth,
    Lives in the English court. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    A man can never be obliged to submit to any power, unless he can be satisfied, who is the person who has a right to exercise it. John Locke.

    Tell who loves who; what favours some partake,
    And who is jilted. Dryden.

    We are still as much at a loss, who civil power belongs to. John Locke.

    Hope throws a generous contempt upon ill usage, and looks like a handsome defiance of a misfortune: as who should say, you are somewhat troublesome now, but I shall conquer you. Jeremy Collier, against Despair.

    Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. John xx. 23.

    The question whose solution I require,
    Is what the sex of women most desire. Dryden.

    Is there any other doctrine, whose followers are punished? Add.

    There thou tell’st of kings, and who aspire;
    Who fall, who rise, who triumphs, who do moan. Daniel.

Wikipedia

  1. who

    The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. The WHO was established on 7 April 1948. The first meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the agency's governing body, took place on 24 July of that year. The WHO incorporated the assets, personnel, and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Office International d'Hygiène Publique, including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Its work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources.The WHO's mandate seeks and includes: working worldwide to promote health, keeping the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. It advocates that a billion more people should have: universal health care coverage, engagement with the monitoring of public health risks, coordinating responses to health emergencies, and promoting health and well-being. It provides technical assistance to countries, sets international health standards, and collects data on global health issues. A publication, the World Health Report, provides assessments of worldwide health topics. The WHO also serves as a forum for discussions of health issues.The WHO has played a leading role in several public health achievements, most notably the eradication of smallpox, the near-eradication of polio, and the development of an Ebola vaccine. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS, Ebola, COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer; healthy diet, nutrition, and food security; occupational health; and substance abuse. Its World Health Assembly, the agency's decision-making body, elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists. It selects the director-general, sets goals and priorities, and approves the budget and activities. The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia.The WHO relies on contributions from member states (both assessed and voluntary) and private donors for funding. Its total approved budget for 2020–2021 is over $7.2 billion, of which the majority comes from voluntary contributions from member states. Since the late 20th century, the rise of new actors engaged in global health such as the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and dozens of public-private partnerships for global health have weakened the WHO's role as a coordinator and policy leader in the field.

ChatGPT

  1. Who

    "Who" is a pronoun used to refer to a specific person or group of people when their identity or names are not known or not specified. It is often used to inquire about someone's identity, ask about a person's name or characteristics, or simply refer to an individual or a group of people.

  2. who

    "Who" is a pronoun used to inquire about or refer to a person or people, seeking their identity, characteristic(s), role, or status in a given context. It helps to identify or specify individuals in question.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Who

    originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever

  2. Who

    one; any; one

  3. Etymology: [OE. who, wha, AS. hw, interrogative pron., neut. hwt; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hw, neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw, neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether, Skr. kas. 182. Cf. How, Quantity, Quorum, Quote, Ubiquity, What, When, Where, Whether, Which, Whither, Whom, Why.]

Wikidata

  1. WHO

    WHO is a clear channel radio station broadcasting 50,000 watts on 1040 AM with a news/talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is located in Des Moines, Iowa. The station can be heard over most of the continental United States during nighttime hours. During daytime hours, its transmitter power and Iowa's flat land allows it to be heard in almost all of Iowa, as well as parts of Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wisconsin.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Who

    hōō, pron. (both rel. and interrog.) what person? which person.—pron. Whoev′er, every one who: whatever person.—Who but he, who else? he only.—As who should say, as if one should say.—The who (Shak.), who. [A.S. hwá; cog. with Goth. hwas, Ice. hver, Ger. wer; also with Sans. kas, Gr. pos, L. quis.]

Editors Contribution

  1. who

    Relating to a person or people.

    We always know who everyone is.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'who' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #50

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    Rank popularity for the word 'who' in Written Corpus Frequency: #94

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of who in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of who in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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