him

¹

[ him ]

pronoun

1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object:

   I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.

2. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verb to be ):

   It's him. It isn't him.

3. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund):

   We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

noun

1. Informal. a male:

   Is the new baby a her or a him?

H.I.M.

²

abbreviation for

1. His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty.

HIM

¹

abbreviation for

1. His ( or Her) Imperial Majesty

him

²

/ ɪm; hɪm /

pronoun

1. refers to a male person or animal

   they needed him

   not him again!

   she baked him a cake

2. a dialect word for himself

   he ought to find him a wife

Usage

See me 1

Gender Note

See he ¹, me.

Word History and Origins

Origin of him¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of him¹

Old English him, dative of hē he ¹

Example Sentences

So people want to believe that a victim deserved it, or brought it on him/herself.

From The Daily Beast

And MSNBC (which put out a we-wish-him-well statement) was no longer pleased by Buchanan.

From The Daily Beast

The problem is that Scott is unpopular—awkward, should-we-be-seen-with-him-in-public unpopular.

From The Daily Beast

Timothy Geithner has become America's latest if-only-we-got-rid-of-him-it'd-all-be-better bogeyman.

From The Daily Beast

But what I can see is that Geithner has become America's latest if-only-we-got-rid-of-him-it'd-all-be-better bogeyman.

From The Daily Beast

She came close to him-came round the table till she stood within a few feet of him.

From Project Gutenberg

Lor, de house seems so still widout him!cant a fly scratch his ear but it starts a body.

From Project Gutenberg

Jim's back was bleeding in several places from the stones that Jenkins had thrown at him., and I was a mass of bruises.

From Project Gutenberg

You have seen a mesmerist or biologist, or whatever-you-call-him-ist, communicate with a man under his spell without speech.

From Project Gutenberg

Look at him!and then look at yourself in the nearest mirror that reflects so poor and mean a picture of a man!

From Project Gutenberg