Definition of 'who's'
Who's is the usual spoken form of 'who is' or 'who has', especially when 'has' is an auxiliary verb.
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who's in American English
(huːz)
contraction of
1.
who is
Who's there?
2.
who has
Who's seen it?
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Who's the biggest party animal in Corrie?
Is it him who's been breaking into tool sheds?
`... must tell you, Gertrude, about the most wonderful new doctor who's just opened
an office here in Bayport!
And without the books, the cast are worried who's next for the chop.
But who's going to sniff at two successive quarters of growth after three years of
declines?
There's a facilitator, with a yogi vibe - serene, long hair, loosefitting clothes
- who's in the room to provide focus.
Who's been batting for their poor huddled masses?
It's like the balloon game: we need to gain height, someone's got to make the supreme
sacrifice, who's it going to be?
They were the kind of eyes that ring a bell with a third-former who's just got to
the warpaint bits in Lord of the Flies.
It's like the balloon game: we need to gain height, someone's got to make the supreme
sacrifice, who's it going to be?
Example sentences from Collins dictionaries
who's on the blower?
Who's going with you? — Nobody.
It's so easy to lose track of who's playing who and when.
who's your date for tonight?
Who's that guy?
a good-for-nothing employee who's always late
Who's pinched my pen?
Who's going to score?
Who's that?
who's next?
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