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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“Until my retirement,” he said, “I never earned more than $30,000 a year. My wife, a dedicated stay-at-home mom, earned a maximum of $13,000 when she was able to work in local school districts.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
She realized the potential two years ago, when she invited a queer pub from New York to co-host an event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Voters are so sick of ads; they’re getting tons of clear paid advertisements on the radio, on the television and on their social media feeds now,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
None, she argues for a moment, until she peels away another layer.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
After Mass, she returns to her room, makes her bed, and writes letters or poetry.
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
We watched their dog when they traveled, and they collected our mail when we were away.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
“For every large public company CEO, more than one thousand private business owners have at least $25 million in wealth,” they write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Last summer, they complained they needed to replace their roof.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Then they can decide what’s fair and who has enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
It’s also possible that their friendship developed while they both fought for the liberation of the Philippines.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“Our sovereign voice returns with her to lead and guide this process!” wrote Edmundo González, Machado’s close ally, who is in exile in Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
In the ad, Arthur calls her daughter a liar and urges voters not to support her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
After some time spent with Evans, her fear is as visible as her empathy for Holmes.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Giniger and her husband used to live in Tel Aviv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Everything in it is an expression of the many facets of herself, including the sides of her that most people don’t see.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
You started to judge them, rightly or wrongly, for their lifestyle and, as you saw it, their lack of financial responsibility.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Thomas Markle Sr. has emphatically denied the allegations, calling them “sick lies.”
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Early on, you provided them with a service.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Sources close to Meghan told the BBC that she confronted her father about the allegations, told him authorities were aware of them and said she would never contact him again.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
When administrators ask Joey about this, she tells them that she doesn’t understand the priest’s attitude.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Asked about the violence, Sabrina Brizzola, 24, coordinator of the Italian University Students' Union, said organisations like hers should "organise and channel this generational rage".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Now, the pride moves in both directions — with Sofia as reverent of her mother’s work as Eleanor was of hers — meeting in the middle to stretch into the future.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Puerto’s essay also reflects the complexity of an experience like hers.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
She had a way of doing that that was distinctly hers, but it echoes in the women and also the men who raised me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I saw her swallow hard, and I averted my eyes as she swiped at hers with the back of her hand.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
About three years ago, I started to notice that their finances no longer seemed to match their lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Pubs are gathering places for people to compete in trivia nights, watch soccer games on television or just shoot the breeze with neighbors they might disagree with, often with their dog in tow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Money never changed hands, but you were paying them in kind by doing odd jobs at their home on request.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
To survive, pubs across Britain are exploring some of the more niche needs of their communities to build revenue beyond pies and pints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The propagandists with the Imperial Japanese Army develop flyers and press releases to threaten the guerrillas, hoping to quash their spirits.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Our next-door neighbors have been in theirs for 19 years, and for most of that time we thought of ourselves as friends rather than just neighbors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
“No mayor has retained the same police commissioner from the administration prior to theirs since 1964,” she said, referring to Tisch, who was elevated under the previous mayor, Eric Adams.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"We can't live together. Our lives and theirs are completely different; we're not compatible," Cohen said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
“There’s no sense in them buying a car when they could rent one for a few hundred bucks, and it’s theirs forever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
You might say it was a hobby of theirs.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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