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the first person
Universal Words
noun [sing.]
1 (grammar) a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself, or to a group including himself or herself:
'I am' is the first person singular of the present tense of the verb 'to be'. * 'I', 'me', 'we' and 'us' are first-person pronouns.
2 a way of writing a novel, etc. as if one of the characters is telling the story using the word I:
a novel written in the first person
compareTHESECONDPERSON, THETHIRDPERSON
