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He
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of hydroelectric. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
- 1 Synonym of his.
- 1 An expression of laughter. reduplication, uncommon, usually
"(more common)"
- 1 A surname from Mandarin.
"The story of Ms. He and her mother began in the early 1960s, shortly before the Cultural Revolution shook China."
- 2 Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". uncountable
- 2 The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
"The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet."
- 3 Initialism of high explosive. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"This here is sixty-six tons of straight-up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention!"
- 4 the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
- 5 The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
- 7 Initialism of higher education. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"LSST said the allegations were untrue. It described its mission as challenging: "We are providing a valuable service to communities that are often overlooked or are underserved by the public HE sector, and in doing so we are making transformational change.""
- 8 a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) wordnet
- 9 A male. countable, informal, uncountable
"Is your cat a he or a she?"
- 10 Initialism of health education. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of His Eminence. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of home entertainment. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of human era (“current epoch”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 15 Abbreviation of hydroelectricity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 16 Initialism of home economics. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 17 Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of how embarrassing. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied. masculine, nominative, personal, singular, third-person
"That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone."
- 2 Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific, masculine, pronoun, singular, third-person
"I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy."
- 3 They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant). masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person
"The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?"
- 4 It; an animal whose gender is unknown. masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person
- 5 A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships. masculine, nominative, singular, third-person
"JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
From he (“pronoun”).
From several Chinese surnames, especially 何 (Hé) and 賀／贺 (Hè).
See also for "he"
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