Him

//ˈhɪm// name, noun, pron, slang

name, noun, pron, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male person or animal. informal

    "I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.; With dative effect or as an indirect object. objective, personal, pronoun

    "[…]therfoꝛ Chꝛiſt wold not call him abominable / But the verye abomination it ſilf."

  2. 2
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of him, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific

    "☐ Try a conversational journaling approach, where you talk with God about what you are learning and write what you 'hear' Him saying to you (see Appendix 1 for examples)"

  3. 3
    Initialism of His Imperial Majesty. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.; Following a preposition. objective, personal, pronoun

    "She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak."

  5. 5
    Initialism of Her Imperial Majesty. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.; With accusative effect or as a direct object. objective, personal, pronoun

    "‘He's got it buttoned in his breast. I saw him put it there.’"

  2. 7
    As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. colloquial, objective, personal, pronoun, uncommon

    "Now him and Bernie are best friends."

  3. 8
    Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). objective, personal, pronoun

    "Who was there? —Him."

  4. 9
    Used reflexively: (to) himself. archaic, objective, personal, pronoun

    "Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them."

  5. 10
    With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. objective, personal, pronoun

    "Before my body, I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough."

  6. 11
    A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity. objective, personal, pronoun, slang

    "Stop trying that, you're not him bro."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Khmer.

Synonyms

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healteralter egoalterumbetter selfego

Example

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"Maybe it will be exactly the same for him."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).

Etymology 2

A surname of Khmer origin.

Related phrases

stand up and give it to him

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