ile — meaning in English

English meaning

• them pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
• they pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.

Senses

ile is used for these senses in English:

• them (in the singular, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
• 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.]

them — full definition

1. pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
2. pron Used for a single person whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary.

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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