their

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ðɛə(ɹ)/, /ðɛː(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ðɛɚ/

Determiner

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

   they will meet tomorrow at their convenience

   this is probably their cat

2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular).
   • 1594, Shakespeare, William, The Comedy of Errors, act IV, scene 3, line 1172:

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

Related terms

• they, them (personal pronouns, subject and object case)
• theirs (possessive pronoun)

Translations

• French: leur, leurs
• German: ihr, ihre
• Portuguese: seu, seus
• Russian: их
• Spanish: su, sus

Translations

• Spanish: su

Adverb

1. Misspelling of there

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