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ðɛər; unstressed ðərtheir
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theirpronoun
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them.
theirpronoun
Belonging to someone of unspecified gender.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Theirnoun
Of them: the pronoun possessive, from they.
Etymology: ðeora , of them, Saxon.
The round world should have shook
Lions into civil streets, and citizens into their dens. William Shakespeare.For the Italians, Dante had begun to file their language in verse before Giovanni Boccaccio, who likewise received no little help from his master Petrarch; but the reformation of their prose was wholly owing to Giovanni Boccaccio. Dryden.
Prayer we always have in our power to bestow, and they never in theirs to refuse. Richard Hooker, b. v.
They gave the same names to their own idols which the Egyptians did to theirs. Walter Raleigh.
The penalty to thy transgression due,
And due to theirs which out of thine will grow. John Milton.Nothing but the name of zeal appears,
’Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. John Denham.Vain are our neighbours hopes, and vain their cares,
The fault is more their languages than their’s. Wentworth Dillon.Which established law of theirs seems too strict at first, because it excludes all secret intrigues. Dryden.
And reading wish, like theirs, our fate and fame. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
their
In Modern English, they is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
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Their is a possessive pronoun that is used to indicate that something belongs to or is associated with a group of people or things previously mentioned. It is commonly used when referring to plural nouns or when unsure of the gender of the person or people being referred to.
Webster Dictionary
Their
the possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Their
thār, poss. adj. pron. of or belonging to them. [A.S. þára, gen. pl. of the def. art. (replaced the older hira).]
Editors Contribution
their
Relating to a person or group of people.
Their teachers were excellent, motivated and inspiring and have many ways to teach the students.
Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Their' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #38
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Rank popularity for the word 'Their' in Written Corpus Frequency: #119
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Their in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Their in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Their in a Sentence
In some countries, regulations will demand that plants will be grown on their own sovereign soil, whoever will enter first and take market share will have a huge edge over others.
The team is together and safe at the hotel and we have been in communication with their parents, the team will remain at the hotel tonight and they will return to the Olivet College campus Saturday.
They tied peoples' hands behind their backs and slit their throats like animals.
We’re combining renowned Disney entertainment, expertly developed programming and imaginative storytelling to put kids in the center of their own adventures right alongside some of Disney’s most beloved characters, like Mickey Mouse, Chewbacca, Black Panther, Rapunzel, Belle, Anna and Elsa, and more.
The Pro started tracking the issue of low-wage worker misclassification a couple years ago when AB-5 was moving forward in the California legislature, pretty quickly The Pro zeroed in on Handy... because they seemed to exert significantly more control over their workers than some of the other companies in the market.
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