"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 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)
    Sense id: en-third-person_singular-en-noun-2lO1R8VO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 58 42
  2. The pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).
    Sense id: en-third-person_singular-en-noun-Ibrn-r7S

Inflected forms

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