third-person singular

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[edit] 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).

   "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be".

2. The pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).

[edit] See also

• third person
• third-person plural
• first-person singular
• second-person singular