their
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
Belonging to someone (one person, singular).
• Regarding the use of singular their, see they.
• The words their, there, and they're are homophones in most English accents today. This often causes confusion between the three in writing.
their
Misspelling of there.
their
Misspelling of they’re.
• Erith, Reith, Rieth, rithe, tehri, theri-
Source: Wiktionary
Their, pron. & a. Etym: [OE. thair, fr. Icel. Þeirra, Þeira, of them, but properly gen. pl. of the definite article; akin to AS. th\'bera, th\'d6ra, gen. pl. of the definite article, or fr. AS. th\'d6ra, influenced by the Scandinavian use. See That.]
Definition: The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.
Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
