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I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Meaning of "whom" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHOM

Old English hwām, dative of hwāwho.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WHOM

whom  [huːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whom is a pronoun.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.

WHAT DOES WHOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Who (pronoun)

The pronoun who, in English, is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun, used chiefly to refer to humans. Its derived forms include whom, an objective form the use of which is now generally confined to formal English; the possessive form whose; and the emphatic form whoever (also whosoever and whom(so)ever; see also -ever).

Definition of whom in the English dictionary

The definition of whom in the dictionary is the objective form of who, used when who is not the subject of its own clause.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHOM


assume
əˈsjuːm
bathroom
ˈbɑːθˌruːm
bedroom
ˈbɛdˌruːm
bloom
bluːm
boardroom
ˈbɔːdˌruːm
boom
buːm
classroom
ˈklɑːsˌruːm
consume
kənˈsjuːm
costume
ˈkɒstjuːm
doom
duːm
Hume
hjuːm
mushroom
ˈmʌʃruːm
newsroom
ˈnjuːzˌruːm
perfume
ˈpɜːfjuːm
resume
rɪˈzjuːm
room
ruːm
showroom
ˈʃəʊˌruːm
tomb
tuːm
volume
ˈvɒljuːm
zoom
zuːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHOM

wholesaler
wholesaling
wholesome
wholesomely
wholesomeness
wholestitch
wholism
wholistic
wholly
wholly-owned subsidiary
whomever
whomp
whomp up
whomping
whomso
whomsoever
whoonga
whoop
whoop it up
whoopee

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHOM

atom
bottom
com
come from
custom
dom
elephant in the room
fathom
freedom
from
hom
kingdom
mom
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random
Rom
som
tom
United Kingdom
vom

Synonyms and antonyms of whom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHOM

Find out the translation of whom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a quién
570 millions of speakers

English

whom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिसे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَنْ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кто
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যাদের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à qui
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siapa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誰を
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

누구에게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiyang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kime
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kogo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кому
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

care
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τον οποίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOM»

The term «whom» is very widely used and occupies the 5.151 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHOM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whom» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whom» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whom

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10 QUOTES WITH «WHOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whom.
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people.
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Christina Aguilera
Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.
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Azzedine Alaia
I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'
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Isaac Barrow
Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.
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Bipasha Basu
You can't decide whom to fall in love with. It just happens.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.
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Georg Brandes
Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school.
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Rupert Brooke
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Vincent Bugliosi
One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHOM»

Discover the use of whom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight,” For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Ernest Hemingway, 2014
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What Works for Whom?: A Critical Review of Psychotherapy ...
"Attuned to the complexities of real-world clinical situations, this authoritative volume belongs on the desks of practitioners, researchers, and students in clinical and counseling psychology, psychiatry, and social work, as well as health ...
Anthony Roth, Peter Fonagy, 2006
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What Works for Whom?: A Critical Review of Treatments for ...
This comprehensive book evaluates the evidence for the full range of widely used child and adolescent mental health treatments, providing vital knowledge to inform clinical decision making.
Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, Jeannette Phillips, 2005
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Who's Bashing Whom?: Trade Conflict in High-technology ...
This volume answers these questions on the basis of detailed and rigorous case studies of trade disputes between the United States, Japan, and Europe in aircraft, semiconductors, supercomputers, telecommunications, and other electronics ...
Laura D'Andrea Tyson, 1992
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In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Panentheistic ...
Foreword by Mary Ann Meyers Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the doctrine of panentheism -- the belief that the world is contained within the Divine, although God is also more than the world.
Philip Clayton, Arthur Robert Peacocke, 2004
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Who Leads Whom?: Presidents, Policy, and the Public
Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the ...
Brandice Canes-Wrone, 2010
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Who Marries Whom?: Educational Systems as Marriage Markets ...
This book demonstrates that in most modern societies the educa tional system has become an increasingly important marriage market, particularly for those who are highly qualified.
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, A. Timm, 2003
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For Whom Do I Toil?: Judah Leib Gordon and the Crisis of ...
This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century, and one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry.
Michael Stanislawski, 1988
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Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, ...
Find out in Who Hates Whom, a seriously amusing look at global humanity—and the lack thereof. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Bob Harris, 2007
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Whom God Wishes to Destroy...: Francis Coppola and the New ...
"Lewis demonstrates a marvelous ability to combine, with both rigor and innovation, a productive attentiveness to the stylistic aspects of filmic works themselves and a sharp capacity to situate those works within the economics and politics ...
Jon Lewis, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whom is used in the context of the following news items.
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Compliance Counsel to Help DoJ Decide Whom to Prosecute
The Justice Department is about to address a big complaint of the business community, which has long argued that authorities don't give companies enough ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
'Happy Birthday' to whom? A simple song with a complex copyright …
For generations, "Happy Birthday" — a tune sung to almost every American every single year of his or her life — has made millions of dollars for its aggressive ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
In the battle against IS, who is shooting at whom?
As journalists quizzed US state department spokesman John Kirby earlier this week about the fight against the so-called Islamic State, one simply asked, "Who is ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
The Greeks for whom all the talk means nothing – because they …
It is home to Georgios Karvouniaris, 61, and his sister Barbara, 64, two Greeks for whom all the Brussels wrangling over VAT rates, corporation tax and pension ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Free Speech for Whom?
Clarence Thomas isn't often the Supreme Court's swing Justice, but he was on Thursday as the Court ruled on two cases that illuminate when the government ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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The women whom science forgot
A quick web search for the world's most famous scientists lists, among others, Galileo, Einstein, Newton, Darwin, Stephen Hawking and Alexander Fleming. «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Comma Queen: Who/Whom for Dummies
“Who” and “whom” are relative pronouns, and the trick for choosing the right one is to switch the clause around so that you can substitute a personal pronoun. «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
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Synagogues Fight Over for Whom the Bells Toll
American Jewish history goes on trial June 1 in a courtroom battle that could decide the future of the nation's oldest synagogue. At stake is a set of silver Torah ... «Jewish Daily Forward, May 15»
9
Whom do you trust?
The constitutional principles and legal technicalities being invoked can barely mask the simple question: Whom do you trust more, the judiciary or the executive? «The Indian Express, May 15»
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Robert Fisk: Who is bombing whom in the Middle East?
Let me try to get this right. The Saudis are bombing Yemen because they fear the Shia Houthis are working for the Iranians. The Saudis are also bombing Isis in ... «The Independent, May 15»

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