Meaning & use
first person
A grammatical point of view in which the speaker or narrator refers to themselves using "I" or "we."
See it in a sentence
The novel is told in first person, so readers experience events through the narrator's eyes.
She rewrote the essay in first person to make it feel more personal.
A note on using this word
First person contrasts with second person ("you") and third person ("he," "she," "they") in both pronoun use and narrative style.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
third person
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