they

pronoun · determiner · verbA1

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pronoun

themtheirtheirsthemselvesthemselfTheydeythaytheyethaay

1.
(nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third person, usually)(the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned.
Fred and Jane? They just arrived.
Dogs may bark if they want to be fed.
Plants wilt if they are not watered.
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
2.
(nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third person, usually)(the third-person singular nominative, occasionally proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary.
Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor.
Who says they care? —He himself does.
If someone enters the restricted area, they are required to present identification.
I asked my friend if they wanted to come, but they said no.
One of the boys tripped over, and they hit their head on the door.
One thing a nominee earns is the right to pick the vice president that they think will best reflect their vision of the country, and I am just glad I will have nothing to do with it.
I'm angry that we're here again, that we have had to tell another mother that their child is dead.
3.
(indefinite, nominative, plural, pronoun, singular, sometimes, third person, usually)(indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They say it’s a good place to live.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
4.
(indefinite, nominative, plural, pronoun, singular, sometimes, third person, usually)(indefinite pronoun) The authorities, the (power) elites, the powers that be, the establishment, the man, the system: government, police, employers, etc.
They'll tax us for the air we breathe next.
They should increase our wages.
Ha, you believe the moon is real? That's just what they want you to think.
5.
(nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third person, usually)(bridge) The opponents of the side which is keeping score.
6.
(US, dialectal)(US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).

determiner

thethaythaay

1.
(Southern England, dialectal, nonstandard)(now Southern England dialect or nonstandard) The, those.
They rooks as you see … only coom a few year agoo.
"Bodies and souls," she cried, "if I didn't reckon to have hidden they boots safe from un in the stick-rick." "Off wi' they tight-wasted shoes o' yours, Martha."
2.
(US, dialectal)(US dialects, including African-American Vernacular) Their.

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verb

V_es/s

theys

V_ing/Gerund

theying

V_ed/pp

theyed

1.
(transitive)To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.
I have a pin that says she/her, but I still get theyed all the time.

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theybytheydytheyfabtheymabthussyas they comeas they saygeneric theythat's why they play the gameif pigs had wings, they would flyepicene theythey don't make them like they used tothey should have sent a poetlet the chips fall where they maylet the dice fall where they maytheyfriendthey hate us 'cause they ain't usthey hit the Pentagonthey saythey don't make them like that anymore

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ine só From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native he from hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (he) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g.