Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - they
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'They' is a third person plural pronoun. 'They' is used as the subject of a verb. 1. You use they to refer to a group of people, animals, or things. The two men were far more alike than they would ever admit... People matter because of what they are, not what they have... PRON 2. You use they instead of ‘he or she’ to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. The teacher is not responsible for the student’s success or failure. They are only there to help the student learn... PRON 3. You use they in expressions such as ‘they say’ or ‘they call it’ to refer to people in general when you are making general statements about what people say, think, or do. They say there’s plenty of opportunities out there, you just have to look carefully and you’ll find them... PRON c darkgreen]vagueness
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pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse their, masculine plural demonstrative & personal pronoun; akin to Old English th?t that Date: 13th century 1. a. those ones — used as third person pronoun serving as the plural of he, she, or it or referring to a group of two or more individuals not all of the same sex ~ dance well b. he I,2 — often used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent everyone knew where ~ stood — E. L. Doctorow nobody has to go to school if ~ don't want to — N. Y. Times 2. people 2 — used in a generic sense as lazy as ~ come Usage: They used as an indefinite subject (sense 2) is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it does not have an antecedent. Not every pronoun requires an antecedent, however. The indefinite ~ is used in all varieties of contexts and is standard. Usage: They, their, them, themselves: English lacks a common-gender third person singular pronoun that can be used to refer to indefinite pronouns (as everyone, anyone, someone). Writers and speakers have supplied this lack by using the plural pronouns and every one to rest themselves betake — Shakespeare I would have everybody marry if ~ can do it properly — Jane Austen it is too hideous for anyone in their senses to buy — W. H. Auden. The plural pronouns have also been put to use as pronouns of indefinite number to refer to singular nouns that stand for many persons 'tis meet that some more audience than a mother, since nature makes them partial, should o'erhear the speech — Shakespeare a person can't help their birth — W. M. Thackeray no man goes to battle to be killed. — But ~ do get killed — G. B. Shaw. The use of ~, their, them, and themselves as pronouns of indefinite gender and indefinite number is well established in speech and writing, even in literary and formal contexts. This gives you the option of using the plural pronouns where you think ~ sound best, and of using the singular pronouns (as he, she, he or she, and their inflected forms) where you think...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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pron. (obj. them; poss. their, theirs) 1 the people, animals, or things previously named or in question (pl. of HE, SHE, IT(1)). 2 people in general (they say we are wrong). 3 those in authority (they have raised the fees). 4 disp. as a third person sing. indefinite pronoun meaning 'he or she' (anyone can come if they want to). Etymology: ME thei, obj. theim, f. ON their nom. pl. masc., theim dat. pl. of s{aacute} THE that ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. они (о людях, животных, предметах и т. п.) they are on the table —- они на столе what are they doing? —- что они делают? they alone can help us —- только они могут помочь нам I like them —- мне они нравятся call them —- позови их speak to them —- поговорите с ними many of them —- многие из них both of them —- они оба there were three of them —- их было трое give me half of them —- дайте мне половину (из них) every one of them was killed —- они были убиты все до одного them I do not admire —- вот ими-то я отнюдь не восхищаюсь 2. в грам. знач. неопред. мест.: люди they say that... —- говорят, что... in Italy they sing all the time —- в Италии все время поют 3. в грам. знач. относит. мест.: уст. те (кто) they who believe —- те, которые верят they do least who talk most —- тот, кто много говорит, мало делает 4. в грам. знач. личного мест.: он nobody ever admits they are wrong —- ни один человек никогда не признает, что он неправ ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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pronoun (used as the subject of a v) 1 used to talk about two or more people or things that have been mentioned already or that the person you are talking to already knows about (Bob and Sue sold everything they owned and they now run a bar in Spain.) 2 they say/think etc especially spoken used to say what people in general think or believe (They say his wife ran off with a younger man.) 3 especially spoken a) the government, the police, the people who control an organization etc (I see they're threatening to put up taxes again.) b) all the people in a group such, as all doctors, all scientists, all teachers etc (Apparently she has something they call `glue ear'.) 4 used to avoid saying `he' or `she' after words like `anyone', `no one', `everyone' etc (If anyone has any information related to the crime will they please contact the police.) (- see everyone, he) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.N. юeir, originally masculine plural demonstrative pronoun. Gradually replaced O.E. hi, hie, plurals of he, heo, hit (see he, she, it). THICK - O.E. юicce "not thin, dense," from P.Gmc. *theku-, *thekwia-. Secondary O.E. sense of "close together" is preserved in thickset (c.1370) and phrase thick as thieves. Meaning "stupid" is first recorded 1597. Phrase thick and thin is late M.E.; thick-skinned in figurative sense is from 1602. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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