Definition of the word the third person

Pronunciation of vocabulary the third person

the third personnoun

người thứ ba

/ðə ˌθɜːd ˈpɜːsn//ðə ˌθɜːrd ˈpɜːrsn/

Example of vocabulary the third personnamespace

meaning

a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to other people and things

  • ‘They are’ is the third person plural of the verb ‘to be’.
meaning

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

  • The story is told in the third person.

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