Meaning

11 senses
  1. Those ones.

    (in the plural, personal, pronoun, third person)Used as the direct object of a verb.

    She treated them for a cold.

  2. (in the plural, personal, pronoun, third person)Used as the indirect object of a verb.

    She wrote them a letter.

  3. (in the plural, personal, pronoun, third person)Used as the object of a preposition.

    Give it to them.

  4. (colloquial, in the plural, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, third person, uncommon)As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.

    [...] and now them and the Goo Goo Dolls are playing together.

  5. (in the plural, personal, pronoun, third person)Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).

    Who was there? —Them.

    Who did this? —Them. They did it. (or:) It was them. They did it.)

  6. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.

    (personal, pronoun, singular, third person)Used as the direct object of a verb.

    If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.

  7. (personal, pronoun, singular, third person)Used as the indirect object of a verb.

    If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.

  8. (personal, pronoun, singular, third person)Used as the object of a preposition.

    If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.

  9. (colloquial, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, third person, uncommon)As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.

  10. (personal, pronoun, singular, third person)Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).

    Who was there? —Them.

    Who did this? —Them. They did it. (or:) It was them. They did it.)

  11. (dialectal, personal, pronoun, third person)They or those.

    I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules.

Examples

19942 sentences
  1. I invited them to the party.

    Я запросив його на вечірку.

    deIch habe sie zur Party eingeladen.

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  2. I want to see them again.

    Я хочу знову їх побачити.

    ruЯ хочу увидеть их снова.

    deIch möchte sie wiedersehen.

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  3. I don't like any of them.

    Жоден з них мені не подобається.

    ruМне никто из них не нравится.

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  4. Let's discuss the problem with them.

    Давай обговоримо цю проблему з ними.

    ruДавайте обсудим проблему с ними.

    deLass uns das Problem mit ihnen besprechen.

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  5. You may choose any of them.

    Ви можете вибрати будь-який з них.

    ruВы можете выбрать любой из них.

    deSie dürfen sich jeden von ihnen aussuchen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb:
Русский
By meaning 1
third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb:

Origin

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

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