Meaning & use
they
A pronoun referring to people or things already mentioned, or to a single person whose gender is unknown or unspecified.
See it in a sentence
The guests arrived early because they wanted to help set up the tables.
Someone left their umbrella here; they must be coming back for it.
A note on using this word
Using they for a single person is standard in modern English when gender is unknown, unspecified, or not relevant.
Words with a similar meaning
themthese people
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