Phrase guide

to whom it may concern

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Used as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: to those it may concern, to whom this may concern, TWIMC

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: 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 (jìngqǐzhě) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Dutch: voor wie het aangaat — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Finnish: vastaanottajalle — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • French: à qui de droit — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Galician: a quen poida interesar — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • German: sehr geehrte Damen und Herren — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Greek: προς κάθε ενδιαφερόμενο (pros káthe endiaferómeno) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hebrew: לְכָל מָאן דְּבָעֵי (lekhol man deva'ey) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hebrew: לכל המעוניין (lekhol hame'unyan) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hungarian: mindenkinek, akit illet — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hungarian: mindazoknak, akit illet — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hungarian: annak, akit illet — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Hungarian: Tisztelt Címzett — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Icelandic: til þess er málið varðar — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Italian: a chi di dovere — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Italian: spettabile — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Italian: all'attenzione di — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Khmer: ចំពោះអ្នកណាដែលវាអាចព្រួយបារម្ភ (cɑmpŭəh nĕək naa dael viə ʼaac pruəy baarɑm) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til hvem det måtte angå — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: til rette vedkomande — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Polish: zaświadczenie — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Polish: do wszystkich zainteresowanych — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Portuguese: a quem possa interessar — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Portuguese: a quem de direito — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Russian: для предъявле́ния по ме́сту тре́бования (dlja predʺjavlénija po méstu trébovanija) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Russian: всем заинтересо́ванным ли́цам (vsem zainteresóvannym lícam) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Russian: тем, кого́ э́то каса́ется (tem, kovó éto kasájetsja) — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Spanish: a quien corresponda — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Spanish: a quien pueda concernir — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Swedish: till den det vederbör — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Swedish: till den det berör — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Swedish: till dem det vederbör — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Swedish: till dem det berör — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Tagalog: sa kinauukulan — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient
  • Turkish: sayın ilgili — phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient