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them

Pronunciation: /ðɛm, ðəm/
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Definition of them

pronoun

[third person plural]
  • 1used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified:I bathed the kids and read them stories rows of doors, most of them lockedCompare with they.
  • used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’:you reckon that’s them? we’re better than them
  • [singular] referring to a person of unspecified sex:how well do you have to know someone before you call them a friend?
  • 2 archaic themselves:they bethought them of a new expedient

determiner

informal or dialect
  • those:look at them eyes

Origin:

Middle English: from Old Norse theim 'to those, to them', dative plural of ; related to their and they

On the use of them in the singular to mean ‘him or her’, see they (usage).

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Definition of them in the US English dictionary