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him/her

him/her is the accusative of he/she.

Meaning of he/she

Pronoun

he/she (third person singular, plural they)

  1. (singular, third-person) He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
    • Ask a receptionist if he/she is not busy.
    Synonyms:
    she/he, s/he, he, they

Forms of him/her

pluralthem

Questions about him/her

What is him/her the accusative of?
Him/her is the accusative of he/she.

Words near him/her in the dictionary

  1. Hilyards
  2. Hilyer
  3. Hilyers
  4. him
  5. him's
  6. him/her
  7. him/herself
  8. Hima
  9. Himachal Pradesh
  10. himachalane
  11. himachalanes

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