Meaning

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.
3. Misspelling of there.
4. Misspelling of they’re.

Example Sentences

they will meet tomorrow at their convenience

this is probably their cat

For all things, even Celestial Luminaries, much more atmospheric meteors, have their rise, their culmination, their decline.

For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

Proponents of adding a gender-neutral option to state identification documents say it would remove a form of discrimination against nonbinary people by providing them with the means to carry identification that matches their identity.

There's not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend […]

Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat.

Word Forms

• deir
• thair
• theire
• theyr
• theyre
• thir

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When Should You Use Their?

Use their when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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