whom
♦♦ whom /h'uːm/
Whom is used in formal or written English instead of `who' when it is the object of a verb or preposition.
1 [QUEST]
You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.
`I want to send a telegram.'--`Fine, to whom?'...
Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...
= who
2 [CONJ]
You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people.
He asked whom I'd told about his having been away...
= who
3 [PRON] oft prep PRON
You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them.
One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky...
Whom is used in formal or written English instead of `who' when it is the object of a verb or preposition.
1 [QUEST]
You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.
`I want to send a telegram.'--`Fine, to whom?'...
Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...
= who
2 [CONJ]
You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people.
He asked whom I'd told about his having been away...
= who
3 [PRON] oft prep PRON
You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them.
One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky...