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first person
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first person
(noun)
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first person
noun
first person
noun
Learner's definition of FIRST PERSON
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1
:
a set of words or word forms (such as pronouns or verb forms) that refer to the person who is speaking or writing
—
often used before another noun
Me
is the objective case of the
first person
singular pronoun
I
, and
us
is the objective case of the
first person
plural pronoun
we
.
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2
:
a writing style that uses first person pronouns and verbs
She always wrote in the
first person
.
The sentence “I was born in Maine” is written in the
first person
.
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third person
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