"third-person singular" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: third-person singulars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} third-person singular (plural third-person singulars)
  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). Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: third person, third-person dual, third-person plural, first-person singular, second-person singular
    Sense id: en-third-person_singular-en-noun-2lO1R8VO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. The pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).
    Sense id: en-third-person_singular-en-noun-Ibrn-r7S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): troisième personne du singulier [feminine] (French), მესამე პირის მხოლობითი რიცხვი (mesame ṗiris mxolobiti ricxvi) (Georgian), მესამე პირი მხოლობითში (mesame ṗiri mxolobitši) (Georgian), dritte Person Singular (German), egyes szám harmadik személy (Hungarian), terza persona singolare [feminine] (Italian), 三人称単数 (sanninshō tansū) (Japanese), 3인칭 단수 (saminching dansu) (Korean), terceira pessoa do singular (Portuguese), persoana a treia singular [feminine] (Romanian), tercera persona del singular (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 54 46

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