Whom

Pronoun

Definitions

1.PronounWhat person or people; which person or people. As the object of a verb.

"Whom did you ask?; To whom are you referring?; With whom were you talking?"

2.PronounAs the object of a verb.

"Whom did you ask?"

3.PronounAs the object of a preposition.

"To whom are you referring?; With whom were you talking?"

4.PronounUsed to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.

"That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining); Mr Smith, whom we all know well, will be giving the speech. (non-defining); He's a person with whom I work (defining); We have ten employees, half of whom are carpenters. (non-defining); There is a new girl in the class whom I consider to be a wunderkind.; She felt miserable unless she had neighbors with whom to quarrel regularly."

5.PronounThe person(s) whom; whomever.

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

6.PronounAlso used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

"Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!"

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