she

¹

[ shee ]

pronoun

possessive: her or herssingular nominative: shepossessive: their or theirsobjective: themplural nominative: theyobjective: her

1. the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
2. the woman:

   She who listens learns.

3. anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine:

   spring, with all the memories she conjures up.

noun

, plural shes.

1. a female person or animal.
2. an object or device considered as female or feminine.

s/he

²

[ shee-er-hee, shee-hee ]

pronoun

1. she or he: used as an orthographic device to avoid a gender-specific pronoun when the gender of the antecedent is unknown or irrelevant.

she

/ ʃiː /

pronoun

1. refers to a female person or animal

   she is a doctor

   she's a fine mare

2. refers to things personified as feminine, such as cars, ships, and nations
3. an informal word for it 1

   she's apples

   she'll be right

noun

1. 1. a female person or animal
   2. ( in combination )

      she-cat

Usage

See me 1

Gender Note

See he ¹, me, they.

Word History and Origins

Origin of she¹

1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English sēo, sīo, sīe, feminine of se the ¹; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; he ¹, her

Word History and Origins

Origin of she¹

Old English sīe, accusative of sēo, feminine demonstrative pronoun

Example Sentences

She pointed out that the ambassador — a political appointee who will likely be replaced in the Trump administration — has also praised Mexican cooperation.

From Los Angeles Times

“First he says one thing, then he says something else,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

There was no immediate response from López Obrador, a longtime mentor to Sheinbaum and founder of the political party for which she is now the standard-bearer.

From Los Angeles Times

She shared, "I'd know he'd be very angry. I saw him throw so many scripts across the room. Frustration, anger and lost a little bit on where his career was going. Because those were not the roles he wanted."

From Salon

Priscilla recalled she sat at the top of the stage so she could see everything.

From Salon

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• he
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