Used to refer to the ones previously mentioned or implied, People; some people; someone, excluding the speaker, Usage Problem Used to refer to the one previously mentioned or implied, especially as a substitute for generic he, preposition_ The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed

a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds

A plan or original idea, An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal, An understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept),

Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class, Relating to or being a product that is sold or distributed without any brand name or without a widely known brand name, especially as a discount alternative to a name-brand product, noun_ a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape, A product sold under a generic name