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

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

Usage

See me 1

Gender Note

See he ¹, me.

Word History and Origins

Origin of him¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of him¹

Old English him, dative of hē he ¹

Example Sentences

“His bright smile, infectious laugh and kind heart made you want to be near him,” she wrote Sunday on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

Midway through the tour in May, Rife revealed that the “extreme exhaustion” from performing and traveling had caught up to him and led him to cancel a pair of Indiana shows.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s about a guy who’s trying to kill the memory of a woman who left him.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump's unusual transition is rooted deep in his distrust of the current government, which he blames for leveling criminal charges against him, sources close to Trump’s transition team told The Post.

From Salon

Ibarra’s lawyers had argued that evidence linking him to Ms Riley’s death was “circumstantial”.

From BBC