third person

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Third person

Noun

Singular third person

Plural none

1. (uncountable); (grammar) The form of a verb that is used when the subject of a sentence is not the one making the statement. Some pronouns that are used with the third person are he, she, it, one, they, and who.

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

2. (uncountable) A form of storytelling that uses verbs in the third person to show that the storyteller is not a character in the story.

Related words

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