Definition of 'their'
language note: Their is the third person plural possessive determiner.
1. determiner
You use their to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, orthings that you are talking about.
2. determiner
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Word Frequency
their in British English
determiner
▶ USAGE See note at they1.
of, belonging to, or associated in some way with them
their finest hour
their own clothes
she tried to combat their mocking her
2.
belonging to or associated in some way with people in general not including the speaker or people addressed
in many countries they wash their clothes in the river
3.
belonging to or associated in some way with an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody
everyone should bring their own lunch
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Word origin
C12: from Old Norse theira (genitive plural); see they, themWord Frequency
their in American English
possessive pronominal adjective
of, belonging to, made by, or done by them
also used before some formal titles [Their Majesties]: often used in connection with a preceding singular pronoun (as everybody, somebody, everyone) did everybody finish their lunch?
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Word origin
ME theyr < ON theirra, gen. pl. of the demonstrative pron. replacing ME here, OE hira: see theyExamples of 'their' in a sentencetheir
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British English: their /ðɛə/ DETERMINER
You use their to say that something belongs to a group of people, animals, or things.
They took off their coats.
- American English: their
- Arabic: مِلْكُهُم
- Brazilian Portuguese: deles
- Chinese: 他们的
- Croatian: njihov
- Czech: jejich
- Danish: deres
- Dutch: hun
- European Spanish: su ellos
- Finnish: heidän
- French: leur
- German: ihr
- Greek: δικός τους
- Italian: loro
- Japanese: 彼らの
- Korean: 그들의
- Norwegian: deres
- Polish: ich
- European Portuguese: deles
- Romanian: lor
- Russian: их
- Latin American Spanish: su
- Swedish: deras
- Thai: ของเขาเหล่านั้น
- Turkish: onların
- Ukrainian: їхній
- Vietnamese: của họ
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