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them

[ them; unstressed thuhm, uhm ]

pronoun

  1. the objective case of plural they, used as a direct or indirect object:

    We saw them yesterday. I gave them the books.

  2. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun they in the predicate after the verb to be ): No, that isn’t them.

    It's them, across the street.

    No, that isn’t them.

  3. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun their before a gerund):

    The boys' parents objected to them hiking without adult supervision.

  4. the objective case of singular they, used as a direct or indirect object:
    1. (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.

    2. (used to refer to a specific or known person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):

      I can’t believe your ex took your cat with them when they moved out.

    3. (used to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):

      Randi’s on vacation, so you can’t see them until next week.



adjective

  1. Nonstandard. those:

    He don't want them books.

them

/ ðəm; ðɛm /

pronoun

  1. objective refers to things or people other than the speaker or people addressed

    what happened to them?

    I'll kill them

  2. a dialect word for themselves

    they got them a new vice president

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determiner

  1. a nonstandard word for those

    three of them oranges

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Grammar Note

See he 1, me, they.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of them1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English theim, theym, from Old Norse theim “them†(dative); replacing Middle English tham(e), Old English ³Ù³óÇ£³¾, thÄm; they
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of them1

Old English ³Ù³óÇ£³¾, influenced by Old Norse theim; related to Old Frisian ³Ù³óÄå³¾, Old Saxon, Old High German ³Ù³óŧ³¾, Old Norse theimr, Gothic thaim
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Example Sentences

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Gaitok sees another robbery about to happen with the three Russians, chases them and is ambushed by one of the Russians who takes his gun and shoots him.

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“After they do their time as of now, we have to release them into the general population, and I believe that is wrong,†he said.

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Buoyed by the loyalty of his supporters, Yoon wrote in a letter to them in January that it was only after being impeached that he "felt like a president".

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"I started getting a couple of fines, and I was young and had just started driving, so I would pay them because I was scared," said Miss Robinson, from Stockton-on-Tees.

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"These games are taking longer to make, they require more people to make them," he said.

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