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him

1

[ him ]

pronoun

  1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object:

    I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.

  2. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verb to be ):

    It's him. It isn't him.

  3. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund):

    We were surprised by him wanting to leave.



noun

  1. Informal. a male:

    Is the new baby a her or a him?

H.I.M.

2

abbreviation for

  1. His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty.

HIM

1

abbreviation for

  1. His ( or Her) Imperial Majesty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


him

2

/ ɪm; hɪm /

pronoun

  1. refers to a male person or animal

    they needed him

    not him again!

    she baked him a cake

  2. a dialect word for himself

    he ought to find him a wife

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

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Gender Note

See he 1, me.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of him1

before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of he 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of him1

Old English him, dative of he 1
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Example Sentences

So people want to believe that a victim deserved it, or brought it on him/herself.

And MSNBC (which put out a we-wish-him-well statement) was no longer pleased by Buchanan.

The problem is that Scott is unpopular—awkward, should-we-be-seen-with-him-in-public unpopular.

Timothy Geithner has become America's latest if-only-we-got-rid-of-him-it'd-all-be-better bogeyman.

But what I can see is that Geithner has become America's latest if-only-we-got-rid-of-him-it'd-all-be-better bogeyman.

She came close to him-came round the table till she stood within a few feet of him.

Lor, de house seems so still widout him!cant a fly scratch his ear but it starts a body.

Jim's back was bleeding in several places from the stones that Jenkins had thrown at him., and I was a mass of bruises.

You have seen a mesmerist or biologist, or whatever-you-call-him-ist, communicate with a man under his spell without speech.

Look at him!and then look at yourself in the nearest mirror that reflects so poor and mean a picture of a man!

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