Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Used as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.
Synonyms: to those it may concern, to whom this may concern, TWIMC
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUsed as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.
Translations
Arabic إِلَى مَنْ يَهُمُّهُ الْأَمْرُ
- إِلَى مَنْ يَهُمُّهُ الْأَمْرُ (ila man yahummuhu l-'amru)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Chinese Mandarin 敬啟者 /敬启者
- 敬啟者 /敬启者 (jìngqǐzhě)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Dutch voor wie het aangaat
- voor wie het aangaatphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Finnish vastaanottajalle
- vastaanottajallephrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
French à qui de droit
- à qui de droitphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
German sehr geehrte Damen und Herren
- sehr geehrte Damen und Herrenphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Greek προς κάθε ενδιαφερόμενο
- προς κάθε ενδιαφερόμενο (pros káthe endiaferómeno)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Hebrew לְכָל מָאן דְּבָעֵי, לכל המעוניין
- לְכָל מָאן דְּבָעֵי (lekhol man deva'ey)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- לכל המעוניין (lekhol hame'unyan)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Hungarian mindenkinek, akit illet, mindazoknak, akit illet
- mindenkinek, akit illetphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- mindazoknak, akit illetphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- annak, akit illetphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- Tisztelt Címzettphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Icelandic til þess er málið varðar
- til þess er málið varðarphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Italian a chi di dovere, spettabile
- a chi di doverephrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- spettabilephrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- all'attenzione diphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Norwegian Bokmål til hvem det måtte angå
- til hvem det måtte angåphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Polish zaświadczenie, do wszystkich zainteresowanych
- zaświadczeniephrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- do wszystkich zainteresowanychphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Portuguese a quem possa interessar, a quem de direito
- a quem possa interessarphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- a quem de direitophrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Russian для предъявле́ния по ме́сту тре́бования, всем заинтересо́ванным ли́цам
- для предъявле́ния по ме́сту тре́бования (dlja predʺjavlénija po méstu trébovanija)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- всем заинтересо́ванным ли́цам (vsem zainteresóvannym lícam)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- тем, кого́ э́то каса́ется (tem, kovó éto kasájetsja)phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Spanish a quien corresponda, a quien pueda concernir
- a quien correspondaphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- a quien pueda concernirphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Swedish till den det vederbör, till den det berör
- till den det vederbörphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- till den det berörphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- till dem det vederbörphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
- till dem det berörphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Tagalog sa kinauukulan
- sa kinauukulanphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Turkish sayın ilgili
- sayın ilgiliphrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
Cite this entry
APA
to whom it may concern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20whom%20it%20may%20concern
MLA
“to whom it may concern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20whom%20it%20may%20concern. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to whom it may concern,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20whom%20it%20may%20concern.
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