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- [shee]
- /ʃi/
- /ʃiː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shee]
- /ʃi/
Definitions of she word
- noun plural she a female person or animal. 1
- noun plural she an object or device considered as female or feminine. 1
- pronoun she female in question 1
- noun she female 1
- pronoun she ship, country: considered female 1
- pronoun she short for "he or she" 1
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Origin of she
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English, alteration of Old English sēo, sīo, sīe, feminine of se the1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; see he1, her
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Parts of speech for She
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
she popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
she usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for she
noun she
- aunt — Someone's aunt is the sister of their mother or father, or the wife of their uncle.
- 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.
- femme — a lesbian who is notably feminine in appearance.
- gal — a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
- gentlewoman — a woman of good family, breeding, or social position.
pronoun she
- it — sweet vermouth: gin and it.
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