him

¹ American  

[him] / hɪm /

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 verbto 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.

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noun

1. Informal. a male.

   Is the new baby a her or a him?

H.I.M. ² American  

abbreviation

1. His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty.

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him ¹ British  

/ ɪm, hɪm /

pronoun

1. refers to a male person or animal

   they needed him

   she baked him a cake

   not him again!

2. a dialect word for himself

   he ought to find him a wife

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HIM ² British  

abbreviation

1. His ( or Her) Imperial Majesty

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Gender

See he ¹, me.

Etymology

Origin of him

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

Example Sentences

Yet rather than handle it professionally, they took it too far—publicly embarrassing him and using his removal as a marketing tool.

From MarketWatch

However, the aspect of Kazin’s experience that affected him most profoundly was the physical safety and welfare of his staff in Caracas that were housed in an armed compound.

From MarketWatch

He paid $16,000 a month, according to John Lynch Jamison, who worked with him in the studio for 40 years.

From The Wall Street Journal

For him to lay claim isn’t just a problem for the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times

“Yeah, it was a video of him playing ‘When I’m 64,’” Clooney says.

From Los Angeles Times