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them
[ them; unstressed thuhm, uhm ]
pronoun
- the objective case of plural they, used as a direct or indirect object:
We saw them yesterday. I gave them the books.
- Informal. (used instead of the pronoun they in the predicate after the verb to be ): No, that isn鈥檛 them.
It's them, across the street.
No, that isn鈥檛 them.
- Informal. (used instead of the pronoun their before a gerund):
The boys' parents objected to them hiking without adult supervision.
- the objective case of singular they, used as a direct or indirect object:
- (used to refer to a generic or unspecified person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context): If an officer were to ask you that question directly, you would have to answer them honestly.
If you know anyone looking for a job, tell them to contact me.
If an officer were to ask you that question directly, you would have to answer them honestly.
- (used to refer to a specific or known person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
I can鈥檛 believe your ex took your cat with them when they moved out.
- (used to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
Randi鈥檚 on vacation, so you can鈥檛 see them until next week.
adjective
- Nonstandard. those:
He don't want them books.
them
/ 冒蓹m; 冒蓻m /
pronoun
- objective refers to things or people other than the speaker or people addressed
what happened to them?
I'll kill them
- a dialect word for themselves
they got them a new vice president
determiner
- a nonstandard word for those
three of them oranges
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of them1
Example Sentences
In the wake of the devastating fires, seven young Angelenos reflect on rebuilding their community, their biggest concerns and what鈥檚 keeping them optimistic.
In fact, only 20 of them make the starting gate and you only get one chance 鈥 when they are a 3-year-old.
And when clients are thousands of dollars in arrears in rent, they can refer them to Stay Housed LA and other groups that help distressed tenants.
Those directives 鈥渕ay well be inconsistent鈥 with the intent of Congress when it passed legislation standing up the division, the senators wrote, and must be disclosed to them for review by Thursday.
鈥淗owever, we have been left off of the notifications that went to 47 other states last week notifying them of their allotment for the next fiscal year.鈥
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