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she

1 American  
[shee] / ʃi /

pronoun

singular nominative

she,

possessive

her, hers,

objective

her,

plural nominative

they,

possessive

their, theirs,

objective

them

  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 American  
[shee-er-hee, shee-hee] / ˈʃi ərˈhi, ˈʃiˈhi /

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 British  
/ 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
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noun

    1. a female person or animal

    2. ( in combination )

      she-cat
"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

Gender

See he 1, me, they.

See he 1.

Etymology

Origin of she

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

Example Sentences

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Alice, not her real name, said she was devastated by the news.

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Elviena le Roux, a mother of three, told the BBC she doesn't believe having the military in the area will help, saying it will only "make the violence worse".

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He doubled down on his accusations of corruption, releasing a secret recording made of a conversation with his ex-wife in 2023 in which she speaks about a high-profile trial.

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Councillors have approved plans by fashion designer Stella McCartney and her husband Alasdhair Willis for a clifftop home in the Highlands.

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While it’s true passengers typically pony up for all sorts of extras on a sailing, from drink packages to specialty dining, they see a true benefit to those things, she noted.

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