pronoun (used as the subject of a verb)
1 people, animals or things that have already been mentioned or are easily identified:
'Where are John and Liz?' 'They went for a walk.' * They (= the things you are carrying) go on the bottom shelf.
2 used instead of he or she to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known:
If anyone arrives late they'll have to wait outside.
3 people in general:
The rest, as they say, is history.
4 people in authority or experts:
They cut my water off. * They now say that red wine is good for you.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for they is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does they appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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