{
    "term": "they",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "people, animals or things that have already been mentioned or are easily identified",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Where are John and Liz?’ ‘They went for a walk.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They *(= the things you are carrying)* go on the bottom shelf."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used instead of he or she to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If anyone arrives late they'll have to wait outside."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "people in general",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The rest, as **they say**, is history."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "people in authority or experts",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They cut my water off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They now say that red wine is good for you."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ðeɪ/",
                "audio": "th/they/they__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ðeɪ/",
                "audio": "th/they/they__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse their, nominative plural masculine of sá; related to them and their, also to that and the."
}