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Them

//ˈðɛm// det, pron, slang

Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    Those. dialectal

    "Gimme two of them yellow ones."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Those ones.; Used as the direct object of a verb. in-plural, personal, pronoun, third-person

    "She treated them for a cold."

  2. 2
    Those ones.; Used as the indirect object of a verb. in-plural, personal, pronoun, third-person

    "She wrote them a letter."

  3. 3
    Those ones.; Used as the object of a preposition. in-plural, personal, pronoun, third-person

    "Give it to them."

  4. 4
    Those ones.; As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. colloquial, in-plural, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, third-person, uncommon

    "[...] and now them and the Goo Goo Dolls are playing together."

  5. 5
    Those ones.; Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). in-plural, personal, pronoun, third-person

    "Who was there? —Them."

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  1. 6
    A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.; Used as the direct object of a verb. personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them."

  2. 7
    A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.; Used as the indirect object of a verb. personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner."

  3. 8
    A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.; Used as the object of a preposition. personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them."

  4. 9
    A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.; As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. colloquial, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person, uncommon

    ""[…] he said that everybody was being watched, and if they seen anybody giving Union cards to anybody on Company property, that them and the person receiving the card, they would both be fired."

  5. 10
    A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.; Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "Who was there? —Them."

  6. 11
    They or those. dialectal, personal, pronoun, third-person

    "I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

Etymology 2

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

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