them
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1.0
- pronoun
- /ðɛm/
:
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- I sent the invitations to them last week, but I haven't received a reply.
And then now if you defeat them, what's left?
- And then now if you defeat them, what's left?
- I didn't share with them that these things happen.
- Did you guys fire on them from the sky?
- We may one day have them to do that.
- That might be OK for them, but you don't know.
- And loving them made me go do the work.
- I know I can make them see my point of view.
- And so that leads them down a path.
- But I'm, I'm saying get them out on patrol.
- And so people around them have to stop them.
- Because I didn't want them to go through that.
Examples
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Let them explore and give them a way out.
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OK, Ask them, ask them, ask them, ask them.
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So if you guys want them, get yours today.
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And so that leads them down a path.
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And so people around them have to stop them.
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Yeah, this is them trying to make it look good.
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I didn't share with them that these things happen.
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That might be OK for them, but you don't know.
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And some of them play out and some don't.
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The teacher asked them to hand in their assignments by Friday.
Synonyms
People use this word to refer to one person without saying their gender
An informal dialect word for them, meaning a group of people and things
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
People say it to boast about something they or someone else did
Surface Forms
Etymology
Them is the object form of they and comes from an old Scandinavian word that meant 'those people'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine pointing and saying 'to those', which explains why them is used for the people or things who receive an action or for a person when their gender is not known.