she
pronoun
the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
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she
1 American
[shee]
/ ʃi /
pronoun
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they,
plural nominative
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her,
possessive, objective
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them,
objective
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hers,
possessive
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their,
possessive
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theirs
possessive
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the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
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the woman.
She who listens learns.
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anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine.
spring, with all the memories she conjures up.
noun
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shes
plural
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a female person or animal.
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an object or device considered as female or feminine.
s/he
2
American
[shee-er-hee, shee-hee]
/ ˈʃi ərˈhi, ˈʃiˈhi /
pronoun
she
British
/ ʃiː /
pronoun
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refers to a female person or animal
she is a doctor
she's a fine mare
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refers to things personified as feminine, such as cars, ships, and nations
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an informal word for it 1
she's apples
she'll be right
noun
Gender
See he 1.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of she
1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English sēo, sīo, sīe, feminine of se the 1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; see he 1, her
Example Sentences
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While trying to position Cracker Barrel for the future, she had become the public face of its biggest controversy in years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Internally, she continued to project engagement in the turnaround effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“At the time, I had a very difficult time losing my community to the Eaton. I couldn’t find any hope or silver lining in the devastation,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The medicine now carries warnings about use during pregnancy, but Susan Jamison, now 60, said she was not told about the possible consequences when she was expecting babies in 1990s.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She explains that she had been taught from childhood to respect priests and what they represent in the Catholic religion, but she is finding it more and more difficult to do so.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“No one who knows that the result of honesty is always positive would choose wickedness when s/he is aware that it has a negative reward.”
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
If that person breaks the office, s/he is like the director of an art museum destroying the artwork within.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022
"A good-faith debate requires enough humility to acknowledge that we may not know everything and we could be wrong — a no-no for a narcissist who is convinced s/he is always right."
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2022
Genesis’ daughters, Genesse and Caresse, stated their parent, who used s/he as a pronoun, died on 14 March, issuing the following statement via social media:
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2020
And this commitment to charity reminds the cancer person of the essential goodness of humanity and makes him/her feel loved and encouraged because s/he will leave a cancer-curing legacy.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
When shes walks up to our table at a cafe in Calabasas, there are no cameras and no filters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Another student wrote: “Mrs. Solomon is special … very organizd and shes fun. … She does not emberes me like other teachers.”
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
"She's missed important doctors appointments shes had since a baby due to her disability in her eye."
From Fox News ● Jan. 13, 2022
Many females can relate to Ruby #EastEnders & how shes feeling about whats happened & how she feels about herself after.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2018
Old Frau Stresemann, shes one of our neighbors, she says she can hear Deutschlandsender broadcasts in her tooth fillings.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Instead, it is about the many smaller AI labs, cloud companies and enterprises that have ravenous demand for Nvidia chips but face high interest rates if they want to finance purchases of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now, they are supercharging their habits with AI systems that serve as hyperpersonalized health trainers and assistants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Pregnant women who took an epilepsy drug and say they were not warned of possible birth defects, feel a mix of "guilt" and "anger," one mother has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Brewers also drafted in the last two years the Ebel brothers from Corona, Brady and Trey, so when they make visits to Dodger Stadium, it’s a big deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s said that American and Philippine forces have landed all along the West Coast of Luzon, not far from Manila, and they will soon fight their way to Santo Tomas to liberate the camp.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“We wish Julie all the best in her future endeavors,” the chain’s lead independent board director said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The company agreed to pay Masino $4.6 million over a two-year period under terms of her separation agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Masino spent weeks personally fighting the activist’s and critics’ efforts to oust her, meeting with investors ahead of a November proxy vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“She looked so fierce with her powerful sharp beak and large powerful sharp talons, but cared for her chicks so gently and lovingly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Her two-year stay stretched into nearly a decade, and her future is uncertain, but Joey is a fighter.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The city and team may not agree on who should pay for them, and real estate development around the stadium could be part of the solution for funding a new or renovated stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Instead, it is about the many smaller AI labs, cloud companies and enterprises that have ravenous demand for Nvidia chips but face high interest rates if they want to finance purchases of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Baruah is learning to live with the possibility of more floods – and to prepare for them.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“So for us to be able to be down here, open it up for them, I don’t know how many there were here, but there were two flag football teams here as well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tribal Chief Lapu Lapu on the island of Mactan was one of them.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
On the shuttle bus I rode last week, I met Tsutomu and Sayuri Ichikawa, a couple from Tokyo wearing his and hers Roki Sasaki jerseys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
I receive Social Security Disability benefits, and my benefit amount is significantly higher than hers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Asking tough, substantive questions to those in power is the job of every journalist, and Dana did hers incredibly well today.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
He added however that views similar to hers would continue to be given a platform in France.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Aunt Lotti, she keeps that stove of hers going all the time, winter or summer, I know she does. There is no smoke coming out of the chimney.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
These data wizards use AI models to build their own tools and dashboards, either as businesses or for personal use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He says the new system “swallowed” their three-hour layover in Amsterdam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
On LinkedIn, he frequently congratulated old colleagues on their career moves and marketing campaigns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Through all the attacks from ravens and rival eagles, through hard winds, cold and heavy snows, Jackie and Shadow protected and provided for their eaglets,” said Iowa’s Tami Schmeisser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A line is drawn between their center point to lay out a hypothetical path for the tamping iron.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Ms. Loughridge and Mr. Patteson allow for a certain fluidity in their arrangement, for theirs is an attempt “to organize the non-existent.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One man who saved his home by digging a fire line said he felt "survivor's guilt" after his neighbour lost theirs.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
What the note points out is that workers in highly exposed occupations are finding it harder to transition to other jobs once they have lost theirs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is a position the iPhone-maker hasn’t found itself in since Cook harnessed the company’s purchasing power to squeeze rock-bottom costs from suppliers and shift expensive assets from Apple’s balance sheet to theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Dionysius didn’t have a zero, so he started the calendar with year 1, just as the ancients before him had started theirs.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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