third-person singular

noun — 2 senses

third-person singular

noun

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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".

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

Related terms: third person, third-person dual, third-person plural, first-person singular, second-person singular

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