Definition of 'him'
language note: Him is a third person singular pronoun. Him is used as the object of a verb or a preposition.
2. pronoun
In written English, him is sometimes used to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Many people prefer to use 'him or her' or 'them' as an alternative to 'him'.
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him in British English
pronoun (objective)
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Word origin
Old English him, dative of hē he1Word Frequency
HIM in American English
Her (or His) Imperial Majesty
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Word Frequency
him in American English
pronoun
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin
OE him, dat. of he, he, merged in sense with hine, acc. of heWord Frequency
H.I.M. in American English
abbreviation
His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty
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him
British English: him
/hɪm; ɪm/ PRONOUN
You use him to talk about a man or a boy.
We met him at the station.
- American English: him /hɪm/
- Arabic: ضَمِيرُ الـمُفرَدُ الغَائِبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ele
- Chinese: 他
- Croatian: njega
- Czech: ho
- Danish: ham
- Dutch: hem
- European Spanish: lo
- Finnish: hän miespuolinen
- French: lui
- German: ihn
- Greek: αυτόν
- Italian: lui
- Japanese: 彼を
- Korean: 그 남자를
- Norwegian: ham
- Polish: jego
- European Portuguese: ele
- Romanian: el
- Russian: его
- Latin American Spanish: lo
- Swedish: honom
- Thai: เขาผู้ชาย
- Turkish: onu, ona erkek
- Ukrainian: він
- Vietnamese: anh ấy
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