iel — meaning in English

English meaning

• they pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.

Senses

iel is used for these senses in English:

• he/she He or she; , used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
• they (the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]

they — full definition

1. pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.
2. pron Used to refer to a single person whose gender is unknown, unspecified, or non-binary.
3. pron People in general, or unspecified people (excluding the speaker).

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