ALL meanings of he
he
H h - noun plural he any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes. 1
- adjective he male (usually used in combination): a he-goat. 1
- noun he the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 1
- noun he any of the sounds represented by this letter. 1
- noun he Traditionally, the masculine singular pronouns he1, his, and him have been used generically to refer to indefinite pronouns like anyone, everyone, and someone (Everyone who agrees should raise his right hand) and to singular nouns that can be applied to either gender (painter, parent, person, teacher, writer, etc.): Every writer knows that his first book is not likely to be a bestseller. This generic use is often criticized as sexist, although many speakers and writers continue the practice. Those who object to the generic use of he have developed various ways of avoiding it. One is to use he/she or she/he (or he or she or she or he) or the appropriate case forms of these pairs: Everyone who agrees should raise his or her (or her or his or his/her or her/his) right hand. Forms blending the feminine and masculine pronouns, as s/he, have not been widely adopted, probably because of confusion over how to say them. Another solution is to change the antecedent pronoun or noun from singular to plural so that the plural pronouns they, their, and them can be used: All who agree should raise their right hands. All writers know that their first books are not likely to be bestsellers. See also they. 1
- pronoun he this or that male person 1
- noun he male 1
- pronoun he anyone 1
- noun he Used to refer to a man, boy, or male animal previously mentioned or easily identified. 1
- pronoun he You use he to refer to a man, boy, or male animal. 0
- pronoun he In written English, he is sometimes used to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people dislike this use and prefer to use 'he or she' or 'they'. 0
- singular pronoun he In some religions, He is used to refer to God. 0
- noun he H.E. is a written abbreviation for Excellency or , Excellency and is used in the title of an important official such as an ambassador. 0
- pronoun he refers to a male person or animal 0
- pronoun he refers to an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody 0
- pronoun he refers to a person or animal of unknown or unspecified sex 0
- noun he a male person or animal 0
- noun he (in combination) 0
- noun he a children's game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to touch one of them, who then becomes the chaser 0
- noun he the person chasing 0
- noun he the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ה), transliterated as h 0
- exclamation he an expression of amusement or derision 0
- abbreviation HE helium 0
- abbreviation HE high explosive 0
- abbreviation HE His Eminence 0
- abbreviation HE His (or Her) Excellency 0
- noun he Her (or His) Excellency 0
- abbreviation HE Hebrews 0
- pronoun he the man, boy, or male animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as male) previously mentioned: masculine personal pronoun in the third person singular: he is the nominative form, him the objective, his the possessive, and himself the reflexive and intensive; his is the possessive pronominal adjective 0
- pronoun he the person; the one; anyone 0
- pronoun he the person just mentioned 0
- noun he a man, boy, or male animal 0
- noun he the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ה) 0
- noun he (Uncountable Noun) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". 0
- noun he (Informal) A male person. 0
- noun he The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). 0
- pronoun he (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. 0
- pronoun he (personal, dated, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. 0
- pronoun he (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. 0