third-person singular

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Noun

third-person singular

1. (grammar) The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with singular nouns and with the pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).

   "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be".

2. The pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).

Related terms

• third person
• third-person dual
• third-person plural
• first-person singular
• second-person singular

Translations

• French: troisième personne du singulier
• German: dritte Person Singular
• Italian: terza persona singolare
• Portuguese: terceira pessoa do singular
• Spanish: tercera persona del singular

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