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Meaning of third person

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

third person

noun

Definitions

  1. (with "the") The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.

    Example: In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.

  2. (grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.

    Example: "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be"

  3. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.

  4. Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.