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Word: Them
Speech Type: Pronoun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old Norse theim ‘to those, to them’, dative plural of sá; related to their and they
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ðɛm
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ð(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified
Short Definition:used as object of verb or preposition to refer to two or more people
Examples:- I bathed the kids and read them stories
- rows of doors, most of them locked
Definition:
themselves
Short Definition:themselves
Examples:- they bethought them of a new expedient
Word: Them
Speech Type: Determiner
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ðɛm
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ð(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
those
Short Definition:those
Examples:- look at them eyes
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