him
1 Americanpronoun
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the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object.
I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's him. It isn't him.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund).
We were surprised by him wanting to leave.
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pronoun
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refers to a male person or animal
they needed him
she baked him a cake
not him again!
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a dialect word for himself
he ought to find him a wife
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Gender
Etymology
Origin of him
before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he 1
Example Sentences
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Coach Andre Chevalier pushes the buttons and has so much depth that it gives him the kind of options any coach would welcome.
From Los Angeles Times
He has to travel across London, and the job has given him the confidence to take the tube on his own for the first time.
From BBC
The waistband was high enough to give crush his lungs, but that didn't stop him recreating the video's fluid, technically-challenging choreography on stage.
From BBC
His friends groaned and tried to shush him; he waved them off.
From Los Angeles Times
Shah's poster shows him waving while holding a small basket of dates in his other hand.
From BBC
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