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Is they a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of they?
Definition
pron (English)
1. (the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned.Examples: "Fred and Jane? They just arrived."; "Dogs may bark if they want to be fed."; "Plants wilt if they are not watered."nominativepluralsingularsometimesthird-personusually
2. (the third-person singular nominative, occasionally proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary.Examples: "Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor."; "If someone enters the restricted area, they are required to present identification."; "I asked my friend if they wanted to come, but they said no."nominativepluralsingularsometimesthird-personusually
3. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.Examples: "They say it’s a good place to live."; "They didn’t have computers in the old days."; "They don't make 'em like they used to."indefinitenominativepluralpronounsingularsometimesthird-personusually
4. (indefinite pronoun) The authorities, the (power) elites, the powers that be, the establishment, the man, the system: government, police, employers, etc.Examples: "They'll tax us for the air we breathe next."; "They should increase our wages."; "Ha, you believe the moon is real? That's just what they want you to think."indefinitenominativepluralpronounsingularsometimesthird-personusually
5. (bridge) The opponents of the side which is keeping score.Antonyms: wenominativepluralsingularsometimesthird-personusually
det (English)
1. (now Southern England dialect or nonstandard) The, those.Examples: "They rooks as you see … only coom a few year agoo."; "Darn'd if they Cockney Chaps can zee there worn't nort but lie in him."; "page 21: "But you spile [spoil] they gals - they won't be for no good, they won't." page 30: "'Twas all about they rewks [rooks]," he sobbed. page 54: "mucking the place up with they weeds""Southern-Englanddialectalnonstandard
2. (US dialects, including African-American Vernacular) Their.Examples: "MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]""; "It's a shame to see someone talk so bad about the gays and lesbians in prison. She is brainwash to the fact that she think every gay and lesbian in prison is guilty of they crimes."; "But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously / So I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me"USdialectal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.Examples: "I have a pin that says she/her, but I still get theyed all the time."transitive
pron (English)
1. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).Examples: "They’s music in the twitter of the bluebird and the jay."; "MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]""; "They ain’t nothin’ wrong with that."USdialectal
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