their

Meaning

Det

1. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.

Adv

Misspelling of there.

Contraction

Misspelling of they’re.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ðɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.

Sentences

This time , however , their top flight stay lasted only one season .

They managed to retain their title .

They took little food and slept at their oars .

Two women riding their bicycles along a dirt road .

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

Their work made heavy use of improvised dialogue .

Their motives for murder vary .

Students are placed in a tutorial with one of their subject teachers .