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them

Pronunciation: /ˈðɛm/

The English word “them” has 8 meanings listed here.

pronoun

  1. Used as the direct object of a verb.
  2. Used as the indirect object of a verb.
  3. Used as the object of a preposition.
  4. As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
  5. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
  6. They or those.

noun

  1. Synonym of they (“a non-binary person”).

determiner

  1. Those.

Etymology

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

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