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ðəm Pronoun Bre News Matches Give Eat Verb

Word them
WordType (pronoun)
Phonetic BrE / ðəm / NAmE / ðəm /
Example
  • tell them the news.
  • what are you doing with those matches? give them to me.
  • did you eat all of them?
  • it's them.
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them

(pronoun)BrE / ðəm / NAmE / ðəm /
  1. used when referring to people, animals or things as the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
    • Tell them the news.
    • What are you doing with those matches? Give them to me.
    • Did you eat all of them?
    • It's them.
  2. used instead of him or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known
    • If anyone comes in before I get back, ask them to wait.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old Norse theim ‘to those, to them’, dative plural of sá; related to their and them.
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