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 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.

noun

1. Informal.,  a male.

   Is the new baby a her or a him?

H.I.M.

²

abbreviation

1. His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty.

him

¹

/ 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

HIM

²

abbreviation

1. His ( or Her) Imperial Majesty

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

His error was in the pitcher he chose to replace him.

From Los Angeles Times

“When you run out on his s—, you f— give him his receipts,” Hudson tells Jackson on the video.

From Los Angeles Times

The next day, she issued a temporary restraining order against him deploying California's National Guard in Portland instead.

From BBC

Many of those videos garnered more than a million views and earned him several hundred thousand followers.

From Los Angeles Times

The president has long railed against judges who rule against him, calling them “monsters,” “deranged,” and “radical” at various points in the past.

From Los Angeles Times