Whom

pronoun

/huːm/

Word Frequency: 87.5

Definitions

1.pronoun(interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.

2.pronoun(relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.

"He's a person with whom I work. (defining)"

3.pronoun(fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever.

"To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne."

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