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she

1

[shee]

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

[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

/ ʃː /

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

“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

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
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Gender Note

See he 1, me, they.
See he 1.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of she1

1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English ŧ, sīo, ī, feminine of se the 1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; he 1, her
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Word History and Origins

Origin of she1

Old English ī, accusative of ŧ, feminine demonstrative pronoun
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Example Sentences

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On the one hand, this was very personal, unpublished work from a famously private writer; if Didion wanted the journal published, wouldn’t she have already made that known?

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As sirens rang out across Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ifat Benhaim and her family ran into their basement.

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Paying tribute after the fire, Ms Logan's family said her "bravery and fearlessness shone through right until the end".

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"Of course it was an accident, but these two people left without speaking to us - that isn't an accident," she adds.

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My earliest memory of my mother’s home garden was her formidable yet beloved zucchini plant.

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