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her

/hɛː/UK/ˈhɜː/

her determiner: belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

Determiner

her

  1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
    • This is her book
    • Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]1928, The Journal of the American Dental Association, page 765
  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
    • Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.2017, David Yellin, Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, page 115

Pronoun (1)

her

  1. The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
    • Give it to her (after preposition)
    • He wrote her a letter (indirect object)

Noun

her (plural hers)

  1. (informal) A female person or animal.
    • I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
    • […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)
    Synonyms:
    she

Pronoun (2) capitalized: Her

Her

  1. (honorific) Honorific alternative letter-case form of her, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
    • It is certain that Juan Diego was a virtuous man, who tried to direct his life along the road of righteousness, of honesty, of virtue, and to make all that pleased God bloom, who was chosen by the Mother of God Herself to be Her [i.e. the mother's] messenger.2006, Eduardo Chávez, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego: The Historical Evidence, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Her

Her

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Hercules.

her meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

her in Hindi

belonging to
उसका uskā, इसका iskā, उनका unkā
she
इस is, उस us

her in Urdu

belonging to
اس کا us kā, ان کا un kā

her in Bengali

belonging to
এর er, ওর ōr, তার tar, এনার enar, ওনার ōnar, তাঁর tãr
she
একে eke, ওকে ōke, তাকে take, এনাকে enake, ওনাকে ōnake, তাঁকে tãke

her in Telugu

belonging to
దాని dāni, ఆమె āme, ఆవిడ āviḍa
she
దాన్ని dānni, ఆమెని āmeni, ఆవిణ్ని āviṇni
More languagesFewer languages
her in Odia
ତାର tāra
her in Nepali
उनको unko, उनलाई unlāī
her in Arabic
ـهَا -hā, إِيَّاهَا ʔiyyāhā
her in Persian
او u
her in Thai
ของเขา kŏng kăo

Examples of her in a sentence

  • He treated her for a cold (direct object)
  • Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed)
  • Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)
  • Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:
  • On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.2001, Betsy Gould Hearne, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 78:
  • On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […]2010, Andrew Lambert, Nelson: Britannia's God of War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

All 40 example sentences with her

Synonyms of her

Forms of her

Determiner
alternative formherė
alternative Northumbriahor
Noun
pluralhers

Origin of her

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Words formed from her

Phrases with her

28 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with her

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about her

What does her mean?
Her means belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
What is her in Hindi?
Her in Hindi is उसका (uskā), इसका (iskā), उनका (unkā). See Her meaning in Hindi.
How do you use her in a sentence?
He treated her for a cold (direct object)
What part of speech is her?
Her can be a determiner, a pronoun, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce her?
Her is pronounced /ˈhɜː/ (UK).

Words near her in the dictionary

  1. hepzidine
  2. heqat
  3. Heqet
  4. Heqing
  5. Hequ
  6. her
  7. Her Britannic Majesty
  8. Her Excellency
  9. Her Highness
  10. Her Holiness
  11. Her Honor

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