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- [hee; unstressed ee]
- /hi; unstressed i/
- /hiː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hee; unstressed ee]
- /hi; unstressed i/
Definitions of he word
- noun plural he any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes. 1
- adjective he male (usually used in combination): a he-goat. 1
- noun he the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 1
- noun he any of the sounds represented by this letter. 1
- noun he Traditionally, the masculine singular pronouns he1, his, and him have been used generically to refer to indefinite pronouns like anyone, everyone, and someone (Everyone who agrees should raise his right hand) and to singular nouns that can be applied to either gender (painter, parent, person, teacher, writer, etc.): Every writer knows that his first book is not likely to be a bestseller. This generic use is often criticized as sexist, although many speakers and writers continue the practice. Those who object to the generic use of he have developed various ways of avoiding it. One is to use he/she or she/he (or he or she or she or he) or the appropriate case forms of these pairs: Everyone who agrees should raise his or her (or her or his or his/her or her/his) right hand. Forms blending the feminine and masculine pronouns, as s/he, have not been widely adopted, probably because of confusion over how to say them. Another solution is to change the antecedent pronoun or noun from singular to plural so that the plural pronouns they, their, and them can be used: All who agree should raise their right hands. All writers know that their first books are not likely to be bestsellers. See also they. 1
- noun he Used to refer to a man, boy, or male animal previously mentioned or easily identified. 1
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Origin of he
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English hē (masculine nominative singular); cognate with Dutch hij, Old Saxon hē, Old High German her he; see his, him, she, her, it1
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Parts of speech for He
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
he popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
he usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for he
noun he
- boy — A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
- guy — a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “woods.”.
- father — a male parent.
- sir — a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir.
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
pronoun he
- it — sweet vermouth: gin and it.
Antonyms for he
noun he
- girl — a female child, from birth to full growth.
- female — a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
- girlfriend — a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
- woman — the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
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