whom
pronunciation
How to pronounce whom in British English:
UK [huːm]
How to pronounce whom in American English:
US [huːm]
Word Origin
- whom (pron.)
- objective case of who, Old English hwam (Proto-Germanic *hwam), dative form of hwa (see who). Ungrammatical use of who form whom is attested from c. 1300.
Example
- 1. According to peter handal , the question is , protecting from whom ?
- 2. But commodities are made and bought by serious professionals for whom today 's price is life and death .
- 3. This is because you have chosen whom you marry .
- 4. Firms decide whom to hire and what to make .
- 5. It is hard to know whom they will now blame for its failure .