# their

Pronunciation: say "THAIR" US /ðɛɚ/, UK /ðɛə/

## Determiner

1. Belonging to or relating to them; the plural counterpart of 'his', 'her', and 'its'.
   - Simple: Belonging to them, the people or things already mentioned.
   - _Our neighbors are painting their fence._
   - _The players thanked their fans._
2. Belonging to one person whose gender is unknown or unstated ('place the casualty on their back') or who uses 'they' as their pronoun, such as a nonbinary person; occasionally to a thing.
   - Simple: Belonging to one person, when you don't say if they are male or female, or when they like being called 'they'.
   - _If anyone calls, take their number._
   - _The winner will have their name read out._

## Origin

This word comes from the Old Norse "þeirra," which replaced the native Old English "heora."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/their (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).