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What to Know. Who performs the action of a verb (e.g. "They are the ones who sent me the gift"), while whom receives the action of a verb ("I'd like to thank the gift-givers, whom I've known for years"). In grammar terms, that makes who a subject, and whom an object.
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noun. me· ton· y· my mə-ˈtä-nə-mē. plural metonymies. : a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (such as "crown" in "lands belonging to the crown") metonymic. ˌme-tə-ˈni-mik.
1. : a god introduced by means of a crane (see crane entry 1 sense 3a) in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome. 2. : a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty.
1. a. : having the right or power of self-government. an autonomous territory. b. : undertaken or carried on without outside control : self-contained. an autonomous school system. 2. a. : existing or capable of existing independently. an autonomous zooid. b. : responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole. an autonomous growth. 3.
