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Meaning of them in English

them

pronoun

uk

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strong /ðem/ /ðəm/ us

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/ðem/ /ðəm/

A1

used, usually as the object of a verb or preposition, to refer to people, things, animals, situations, or ideas that have already been mentioned:

I've lost my keys. I can't find them anywhere.

It's them. They're here.

B1

used to refer to one person whose sex is not known instead of saying "him" or "her":

When each passenger arrives, we ask them to fill in a form.

Note:

Some people do not like this use, and prefer to use him or her: When each passenger arrives, we ask him or her to fill in a form.

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When you've finished your work sheets, clip them together and hand them in to me.
Babies are curious about everything around them.
Don't bother drying the pans - just leave them to drain.
If anyone rings for me, please tell them I'll be back in the office at four o'clock.
Her family invited me to stay with them for a few weeks.

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Linguistics: personal pronouns

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Grammar

Pronouns: personal (I, me, you, him, it, they, etc.)

We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined): …

Subject and object pronouns

Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. We do not usually leave out the pronoun: …

We use I and me to refer to the speaker or writer. I is the subject form and me is the object form: …

We use you to refer to the listener or reader. It is both the subject and the object form. You can refer to one person or more than one person. It is usually clear from the context whether you is singular or plural: …

He, him; she, her

He, him, she and her are singular third person pronouns. He and him are the masculine forms. She and her are the feminine forms: …

We use it to refer to things: …

We use we and us to refer to different groups of people, but always including the speaker. We and us can refer to the speaker + the listener, or the speaker + other people but not the listener, or people in general including the speaker: …

We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals: …

Idiom

them

determiner

uk

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/ðem/ us

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/ðem/

not standard for those :

Who gave you them cookies?

(Definition of them from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

them | American Dictionary

them

pronoun [ pl ]

us

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/ðem, ðəm/

the things or people being spoken about, who have already been mentioned; the objective form of they:

I lost my keys and I can’t find them anywhere.

Them is also used to refer to a person whose sex is not known:

As each person arrives, we ask them to fill out a form.

(Definition of them from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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（they 的受格）他們，她們，它們, ﹙用來指性別不詳的人，以代替 him 或 her﹚, （不規則用法，相當於 those）那些…

（三人称複数形目的格）彼らに（を）, 彼女たちに（を）, それらに（を）…

onları, onlara, (emin olunmayan durumlarda) onları…

les, leur, eux…

ells, elles, els…

هُمْ, هُنَّ…

je, jim, jimi…

dem, ham…

mereka…

พวกเขา (รูปกรรมของ they)…

chúng nó, họ, chúng…

je, ich, go…

mereka…

sie, ihnen, ihn…

dem, han, henne…

그들을…

eles, elas…

（they 的宾格）他们，她们，它们, ﹙用来指性别不详的人，以代替 him 或 her﹚, （不规则用法，相当于 those）那些…

li, le, loro…

им, ими, их…

ellos, ellas, los…

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