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3rd person

3rd person is the abbreviation of third person.

Meaning of third person

Noun

third person (countable and uncountable, plural third persons)

  1. (with-definite-article) The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.
    • In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.
  2. the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
    • “Is” is the third-person singular of “to be”.
  3. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
  4. A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.
  5. Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.
    • The plaintiffs here are third persons, and cannot be made responsible for the inadequate judgment or the improper exercise of power by the defendant's wife.1828, Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, and Common Pleas, from 1822 to 1835: and Law Journal Reports divided into Equity and Bankruptcy Cases. Common Law Cases...
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.

Questions about 3rd person

What is 3rd person the abbreviation of?
3rd person is the abbreviation of third person.

Words near 3rd person in the dictionary

  1. 3rd grader
  2. 3rd graders
  3. 3rd grades
  4. 3rd parties
  5. 3rd party
  6. 3rd person
  7. 3rd Reich
  8. 3rd wheel
  9. 3rd wheels
  10. 3rd world
  11. 3rd-party

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 3rd person (page history and authors); third person (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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