the third person

noun
🔊/ðə ˌθɜːd ˈpɜːsn/
🔊/ðə ˌθɜːrd ˈpɜːrsn/
[singular]
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  1. (grammar语法) a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to other people and things第三人称
    • ‘They are’ is the third person plural of the verb ‘to be’.they are 是动词 to be 的第三人称复数形式。🔊🔊
  2. a way of writing a novel in which the narrator (= person telling the story) is not involved in the story but knows everything about it and tells the story using third person forms以第三人称叙述的文体
    • in the third person The story is told in the third person.故事以第三人称讲述。
    Topics Literature and writingc1
  3. compare first person, second person