him
pronoun
the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object.
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- objective of he.
him
1 American
[him]
/ hɪm /
pronoun
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the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object.
I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's him. It isn't him.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund).
We were surprised by him wanting to leave.
noun
H.I.M.
2
American
abbreviation
him
1
British
/ ɪm, hɪm /
pronoun
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refers to a male person or animal
they needed him
she baked him a cake
not him again!
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a dialect word for himself
he ought to find him a wife
HIM
2
British
abbreviation
Gender
Etymology
Origin of him
before 900; Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he 1
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“Today, millions of people dance to music that traces back to him and to our city,” Sheffield continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
He joked it should be renamed after him and spent considerable time discussing Washington, D.C. construction projects and resurrecting conspiracy theories about monument vandals.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Only this time, instead of travelling around to see him, I can get the bus into Dundee and the bus back home again and see it all on my own doorstep."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Nonetheless, she seems determined to see him in a romantic light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Nor did he suffer as Father, using a torn shirt, bandaged him.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
On the visit of H.I.M. the Empress Eugenie, accompanied by the late Napoleon III.,
From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert
H.I.M. frigate, Novara, such and such a day of the week and month, hour at which thrown overboard, Longitude from Greenwich, Latitude.
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 A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
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
The only news, beyond the visit itself, was that there was no news at all about HIM.
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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