Found 4 hits - Term: they, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
she \she\, pron. sing. nom. she; poss. her. or hers; obj.
her; pl. nom. they; poss. theiror theirs; obj.
them. oe. she, sche, scheo, scho, as. se'o, fem. of the
definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. os.
siu, d. zij, g. sie, ohg. siu, simac, si, icel. s=u,
sj=a, goth. si she, s=o, fem. article, russ. siia, fem.,
this, gr. ?, fem. article, skr. s=a, sy=a. the possessive
her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different
root. see her.
1. this or that female; the woman understood or referred to;
the animal of the female sex, or object personified as
feminine, which was spoken of.
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she loved her children best in every wise.
--chaucer.
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then sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --gen.
xviii. 15.
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2. a woman; a female; -- used substantively. r.
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lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --shak.
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note: she is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
a she-bear; a she-cat.
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see also:
she her hers they their theirs
them
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
they \they\ th=a, pron. pl.; poss. theirs; obj. them.
icel. thorneir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s=a,
s=u, thornat, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
english definite article, as. s=e, se'o, ethaet, nom.
pl. eth=a. see that.
the plural of he, she, or it. they is never used adjectively,
but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to
persons without an antecedent expressed.
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jolif and glad they went unto here their rest
and casten hem them full early for to sail.
--chaucer.
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they of italy salute you. --heb. xiii.
24.
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blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness. --matt. v. 6.
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note: they is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man,
and as the french use on; as, they say french on dit,
that is, it is said by persons not specified.
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see also:
theirs them that
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
he \he\ h=e, pron. nom. he; poss. his hi^z; obj.
him hi^m; pl. nom. they th=a; poss. their or
theirs th^arz or th=arz; obj. them
the^m. as. h=e, masc., he'o, fem., hit, neut.;
pl. himac, or hie, hig; akin to ofries. hi, d. hij, os. he,
hi, g. heute to-day, goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina,
accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to l. his
this. root183. cf. it.
1. the man or male being or object personified to which the
masculine gender is assigned, previously designated; a
pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
specified subject already indicated.
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thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee. --gen. iii.
16.
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thou shalt fear the lord thy god; him shalt thou
serve. --deut. x. 20.
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2. any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
usually followed by a relative pronoun.
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he that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --prov.
xiii. 20.
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3. man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
substantively. --chaucer.
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i stand to answer thee,
or any he, the proudest of thy sort. --shak.
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note: when a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
of common gender. in early english, he referred to a
feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
well as to noun in the masculine singular. in
composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
1913 webster
see also:
he his him they their theirs
them it
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 moby thesaurus words for "they":
i, i myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, bureaucracy,
directorate, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, hierarchy,
higher echelons, higher-ups, him, himself, inner man, inner self,
it, management, me, ministry, my humble self, myself, number one,
officialdom, oneself, other self, ourselves, prelacy, ruling class,
ruling classes, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self,
superego, the establishment, the administration, the authorities,
the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite,
the power structure, the top, them, themselves, top brass, you,
yours truly, yourself, yourselves
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