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third-person plurals

third-person plurals is the plural of third-person plural.

Meaning of third-person plural

Noun

third-person plural (plural third-person plurals)

  1. The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).
    • "Are" is the third-person plural of the verb "to be".
  2. The pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).

Questions about third-person plurals

What is third-person plurals the plural of?
Third-person plurals is the plural of third-person plural.

Words near third-person plurals in the dictionary

  1. third-partying
  2. third-person dual
  3. third-person duals
  4. third-person effect
  5. third-person plural
  6. third-person plurals
  7. third-person shooter
  8. third-person shooters
  9. third-person singular
  10. third-person singulars
  11. third-personal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: third-person plurals (page history and authors); third-person plural (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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