their
/ðeə/
Translation
Belonging to a group of people or things already mentioned.
Examples
is house.
"Their" shows the house belongs to those people.
children left bags here.
"Their" tells you the bags belong to the children.
car.
"Their" means the car belongs to the people we know about.
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