whom.
What person or people; which person or people.
Meaning & usage
What person or people; which person or people. As the object of a verb.
Whom did you ask?
What person or people; which person or people. As the object of a preposition.
To whom are you referring?
With whom were you talking?
Used 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)
The person(s) whom; whomever.
To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
Also 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!
Where this word comes from
From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.