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

Meanwhile, his backers on the left expect him to deliver on his promise to freeze rents, create a free bus service and expand free child care.

From The Wall Street Journal

New brands came to him asking to produce their clothes, hoping to take advantage of the lower U.S. tariff rate on imports from Vietnam compared with China.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a freak accident, he injured his neck when a wave caused him to flip and hit the sand in Langland Bay, Swansea.

From BBC

Classmate Yahya, four, loves it when his mum reads to him, and he likes to read to his sister.

From BBC

"Jacob was on CNN a few weeks ago. For whatever reason, the interviewer asked him about my Parkinson's diagnosis," she recalled.

From BBC