[ { "meta": { "id": "pronoun", "uuid": "ac322dc1-a675-4e2d-bfca-178f5fcfc4cb", "sort": "167916000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "pronoun", "pronouns" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "pro*noun", "prs": [ { "mw": "ˈprō-ˌnau̇n", "sound": { "audio": "pronou01", "ref": "c", "stat": "1" } } ] }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "sn": "1", "ins": [ { "il": "plural", "if": "pro*nouns" } ], "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}any of a small set of words (such as {it}I{\/it}, {it}she{\/it}, {it}he{\/it}, {it}you{\/it}, {it}it{\/it}, {it}we{\/it}, or {it}they{\/it}) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context" ] ] } ] ], [ [ "sense", { "sn": "2", "ins": [ { "if": "pronouns", "spl": "plural" } ], "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}the third person {d_link|personal pronouns|personal pronoun} (such as {it}he\/him{\/it}, {it}she\/her{\/it}, and {it}they\/them{\/it}) that a person goes by " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "What are your {wi}pronouns{\/wi}?" }, { "t": "{ldquo}I'm Jo, my {wi}pronouns{\/wi} are she\/her.{rdquo} {ldquo}I'm Jade, my {wi}pronouns{\/wi} are they\/them.{rdquo}" }, { "t": "… many people with nonbinary genders use {ldquo}they{rdquo} and {ldquo}their{rdquo} {wi}pronouns{\/wi}, although language and gender expression vary widely.", "aq": { "auth": "Lucy Brisbane" } } ] ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "et": [ [ "text", "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin {it}pronomin-, pronomen{\/it}, from {it}pro-{\/it} for + {it}nomin-, nomen{\/it} name {ma}{mat|pro-|}, {mat|name|}{\/ma}" ] ], "date": "15th century{ds||1||}", "shortdef": [ "any of a small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context", "the third person personal pronouns (such as he\/him, she\/her, and they\/them) that a person goes by" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "personal pronoun", "uuid": "3e3a9e42-43b3-4923-ba53-c0517399fe5b", "sort": "160206900", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "personal pronoun", "personal pronouns" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "personal pronoun" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a pronoun (such as {it}I, you{\/it}, or {it}they{\/it}) that expresses a distinction of person" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1668", "shortdef": [ "a pronoun (such as I, you, or they) that expresses a distinction of person" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "possessive pronoun", "uuid": "b3d037eb-d6f6-494e-8256-57d174739995", "sort": "166060000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "possessive pronoun", "possessive pronouns" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "possessive pronoun" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "15th century", "shortdef": [ "a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "reciprocal pronoun", "uuid": "8adba714-b76d-4973-8d23-a3a89f339255", "sort": "180989000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "reciprocal pronoun", "reciprocal pronouns" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "reciprocal pronoun" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a pronoun (such as {it}each other{\/it}) used when its referents are predicated to bear the same relationship to one another" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1755", "shortdef": [ "a pronoun (such as each other) used when its referents are predicated to bear the same relationship to one another" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "reflexive pronoun", "uuid": "1dbbd411-409d-483b-b2be-037c78a1c4ea", "sort": "181521000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "reflexive pronoun", "reflexive pronouns" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "reflexive pronoun" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a pronoun referring to the subject of the sentence, clause, or verbal phrase in which it stands" ] ], "sdsense": { "sd": "specifically", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a personal pronoun compounded with {it}-self{\/it}" ] ] } } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1867", "shortdef": [ "a pronoun referring to the subject of the sentence, clause, or verbal phrase in which it stands; specifically : a personal pronoun compounded with -self" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "indefinite pronoun", "uuid": "6fdc7638-e0f1-4d01-88db-72fb4ec6a92a", "sort": "3009424000", "src": "ld", "section": "idioms", "stems": [ "indefinite pronoun" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "indefinite pronoun" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "\"Anyone,\" \"something,\" and \"few\" are {it}indefinite pronouns{\/it}." } ] ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "shortdef": [ "a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing" ] } ]