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  him

  pronoun

  the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object.
• H.I.M.
  H.I.M.

  abbreviation

  His Imperial Majesty; Her Imperial Majesty.
• HIM
  HIM

  abbreviation

  His ( or Her) Imperial Majesty

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

Then I’d have dinner at Met Him at a Bar, my favorite spot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Fifth place went to Universal's romance film "Reminders of Him," with $4.7 million.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Fixed-income analysts Chun Him Cheung, David Hauner and Claudio Irigoyen cited four reasons why the Korean won has further to run.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

France's Adam Siao Him Fa, who had been third, dropped to seventh.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Him on my doorstep was one thing, but me crashing down here wasn't the same.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell