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I found this sentence as a definition for a word in the Cambridge dictionary:

"To visit someone in their home"

But I've looked up the word someone and I found that it is singular, so my question is:

Why is "someone" used in the sentence above with their and NOT with his/her?

Update #1

I've seen the link here and found about "singular they", but I'm not sure if that is the answer for my question. Please, can someone tell me if the "singular they" is the reason it's used "their" with "someone"?

Marlonchosky
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    Singular they is indeed the reason that their is used with someone. English speakers have been using singular they with someone for centuries (unlike its use for non-binary people, which is much more recent). See Google Ngrams. – Peter Shor Sep 03 '22 at 15:49
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    It can be his or her. But "their" and "they" is sex neutral. "Everyone should bring their sneakers to school tomorrow. – Lambie Sep 03 '22 at 16:54

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