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US /ðɛr/ UK /ðeə/

Meanings

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Synonyms
1 adv · eye dialect: there there
2 det · eye dialect: their their
3 contraction · eye dialect: there's or... there'sthere will
Word family
Related forms theretheir

Etymology

An eye-dialect spelling used by nineteenth-century writers for several unstressed or regional pronunciations of there and their, including contractions such as ther's and ther'll. Context determines the standard equivalent.

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