the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object.
I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's him. It isn't him.
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund).
We were surprised by him wanting to leave.
refers to a male person or animal
they needed him
she baked him a cake
not him again!
a dialect word for himself
he ought to find him a wife
before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he 1
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Chinese media reported the illness; people close to him described to me a fight that had lasted for more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“I hope they put those people who killed him in prison for many years,” he said with disgust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
When he dropped between the lines, Madrid's centre-backs had to decide: Follow him and leave a hole, or stay and give him lots of space.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Rapport matters, and if you don’t have confidence in this guy when you are done politely grilling him like a hamburger on the Fourth of July, move on to someone who does.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Hey,” he says to two men drawing close, “this little man thinks he’s going to get him some land.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
There is no doubt that a state of tension exists, which can only be alleviated by the restoration of reciprocal confidence between H.I.M. and the Roman people.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
Members of the Stoic Democratic Federation have been invited to meet H.I.M. at dinner at the Café Locusta.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
Should H.I.M. decide to abdicate, it is anticipated that He will edit our Boeotian contemporary the Oracle, which is sadly in need of new blood.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
Nothing more charming than its grounds, which attracted H.I.M. of Austria, and now the charming Countess Tyszkiewicz.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Received with naval honours, a guard being mounted on the quarter-deck of the senior monitor, von Langer came over the side, and announced himself as the representative of Kapitan von Riesser, of H.I.M. ship Pelikan.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
A short time later, Trump confirmed the successful mission on Truth Social, writing "WE GOT HIM!"
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
It seems that if it isn’t about HIM, he isn’t interested.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
“GET HIM OUT,” posted a senior site reliability engineer on Aug. 18.
From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2020
Hey, believe me, winter is coming and winter, it turns out, is HIM, too.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2019
He was asking me if I would ask you out FOR HIM.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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