What does whom mean in English?

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whom Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 used instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition:
- I met a man with whom I used to work.
- He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
- There were 500 passengers, of whom 121 drowned.
- To whom do you wish to speak?
1 used as the object of a verb or after a preposition when referring to a particular person or when adding information about a person just mentioned:
- The Kenyans have three runners in the race, any of whom could win.
- He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
2 used esp. in questions as the object of a verb or after a preposition, when asking which person or people, or when asking what someone’s name is:
- Of whom can it truly be said that they have never been dishonest?

His strongest criticism is reserved for his father, whom he disliked intensely.
They have two grown children, both of whom live abroad.
He was very contemptuous of 'popular' writers, whom he described as having no talent.
Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn't seen for years, came to my sister's wedding.
She disliked the president, whom she once described as an 'insufferable bore'.

0 Questions: interrogative pronouns (what, who)

We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. They are: who, which, whom, what and whose. These are also known as wh-words. Questions using these are called wh-questions:
1 Interrogative pronouns: uses

We use who and whom on their own:
2 Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.
3 Relative pronouns: whom
4 No relative pronoun

In informal styles, we often leave out the relative pronoun. We only do this in defining relative clauses, and when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. We don’t leave out the relative pronoun when it is the subject of the verb nor in non-defining relative clauses: