Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - them
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Them
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~1 pron 1 the object form of `they' (Has anyone seen my keys? I can't find them anywhere. | The police were very helpful when I spoke to them.) (- see me) 2 used to avoid saying `him' or `her' after words like `anyone', `no one', `everyone' etc (If anyone phones, tell them I'll be back later.) ~2 determiner spoken sometimes used to mean those, although most people think this is incorrect (Can I have some of them biscuits, Mum?)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Them' is a third person plural pronoun. 'Them' is used as the object of a verb or preposition. 1. You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things. Kids these days have no one to tell them what’s right and wrong... His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 2. You use them instead of ‘him or her’ to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 3. In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of ‘those’. ‘Our Billy doesn’t eat them ones,’ Helen said. DET ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. pronoun Date: bef 12th century objective case of they 1. they 1 — used as object of a verb or preposition took ~ back gave it to ~ 2. those — used especially as antecedent to a relative pronoun the best of ~ that speak this speech — Shakespeare — used as the subject of a verb chiefly in nonstandard speech and for humorous effect ~ is fighting words II. adjective Date: 1594 nonstandard those — used chiefly in nonstandard speech and for humorous effect ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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pron. & adj. --pron. 1 objective case of THEY (I saw them). 2 colloq. they (it's them again; is older than them). 3 archaic themselves (they fell and hurt them). --adj. sl. or dial. those (them bones). Etymology: ME theim f. ON: see THEY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. их, им, ими и т. п. two of them —- двое из них I like them —- я их люблю write them a letter —- напиши им письмо I'll tell them so —- я так им и скажу don't worry about them —- не беспокойся о них look at them —- посмотри на них he admires his brother more than them —- своим братом он восхищается больше, чем ими there were three of them —- их было трое both of them saw me —- они оба видели меня 2. разг. они it's them —- это они 3. разг. в усил. конструкциях: it was not them we wanted —- нам вовсе не они были нужны 4. разг. в грам. знач. возвр. мест.: уст. или разг. -ся, -сь, себя, себе, собой they took the keys away with them —- разг. они унесли с собой ключи they made them an idol —- уст. они сотворили себе кумира nobody has so much to worry them —- разг. ни у кого нет стольких неприятвностей 5. (в сочетании с неопределенным местоимением) разг. его, ему, им и т. п. when anyone comes she says to them —- когда кто-нибудь приходит, она ему говорит even if you dislike a person you must be fair to them —- даже когда кто-то несимпатичен, надо быть к нему справедливым Id: to be one of them —- быть педерастом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1200, from O.N. юeim, dat. of юeir "they" (see they). Replaced O.E. cognate him, heom. Themselves is c.1500, a northern dial. variant of O.E. heom selfum (dative). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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