his
1 Americanpronoun
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the possessive form of he (used as an attributive or predicative adjective).
His coat is the brown one. This brown coat is his. Do you mind his speaking first?
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that or those belonging to him.
His was the cleverest remark of all. I borrowed a tie of his.
abbreviation
determiner
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of, belonging to, or associated with him
his own fault
his knee
I don't like his being out so late
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as pronoun
his is on the left
that book is his
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(of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
pronoun
Gender
Etymology
Origin of his
before 900; Middle English, Old English, genitive of hē he 1
Example Sentences
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In June, his twin sons transferred to his alma mater from a Detroit prep school with hopes of making their papa proud and lifting the town’s spirit.
From Los Angeles Times
But Lisowski, who won his first ranking title at the Northern Ireland Open in October, held his composure to seal victory.
From BBC
Asked if he was keen to speak, the Egypt striker kindly declined and smiled as he made his way through the mixed zone and on to the team bus.
From BBC
Everyone takes pride in it, so obviously mine has ended up being this really high-profile thing, but my mum splits her time, my dad splits his time between me and my brother.
From BBC
It was spring 2019, a gala dinner for the Chinese arm of his start-up competition Pitch@Palace – which turned out to be the last.
From BBC
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