she
pronoun
the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
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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Raman said she talked to Bass about creating a department for homelessness in late 2023 or early 2024, but the mayor told her to move ahead with the bureau instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"It was such a massive risk," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Like many others my age, I’m worrying more about the possibility of having Alzheimer’s, as my mother did, and the prospect of needing long-term care, as she and my dad did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
In 2024, Gay resigned as the school’s president, although she remains on the faculty.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Guided by visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine, Joan left her village in May 1428 and traveled to the nearest French stronghold, where she asked to see Charles.
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
Then-sports editor Chris Stone suggests doing a video series using the new Zoom technology to interview seniors about how they are dealing with the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
And most people contend that plagiarism, cheating and ghostwriting are all cut from the same cloth because they all lack the spark that we ascribe to truly original thinking and writing.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Grealish and Guardiola both said they "love" the change.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Read: I plan to leave money to grandkids — but they must pass financial-literacy classes to get it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some say a mythical creature beckons children to the mountain and they are never seen again.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“I don’t think that there are many people who worked harder than my dad,” said Hannah Cannom, recalling childhood weekends spent hanging out at nurses’ stations around the hospital as her father made his rounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The leader of North Lanarkshire Council's SNP group has been readmitted to the party, after a probe into her handling of complaints about former council leader Jordan Linden.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
This year, Atkins, 78, published her first two children’s books, “The Turquoise Butterfly” and “Dear Deer.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
As the controversy engulfed the confirmation process, the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal revived a nearly two-decade-old plagiarism accusation against Totenberg, dating from her time as a reporter for the National Observer.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
All her classmates are eighteen, nineteen, and twenty.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He went straight to his bathroom mirror and copied them down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Those who stand up for their ideals and principles without compromise, and seek to communicate them clearly, certainly won’t win every election, and they may well suffer for their convictions.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
My wife and I plan to spend more time this year criss-crossing the country to be with them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Justin's first instinct was to burn them, but we couldn't ignore this original source material. Although we left it unopened for six months or more."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Your son did well. He’s brave. Tried to fight them off.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
She says the price companies like hers have to pay for the live animals has gone up by as much as 60% over the past three years.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
I crouch to unplug my own from the wall, then realize Camille is typing on my phone, not hers.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The results can be found today in professional locker rooms around the country, today’s stars never forgetting the 5-foot-4 bulldog who gave them their first headline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Those who stand up for their ideals and principles without compromise, and seek to communicate them clearly, certainly won’t win every election, and they may well suffer for their convictions.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Housing is the biggest expense for people in their 70s, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
In 1999, while they were at Stanford, I wrote a story about their special bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
They had exhausted their supply of food and water, and many of them died.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Perhaps to their point, you aren’t burdened by your own children — don’t allow yourself to be burdened by theirs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Bare and Huddleston, two self-described “country hicks,” have become polarizing heroes of the rural campaign against the AI technology rewiring geopolitics, the economy—and now hometowns like theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We have the ability to accept costs because our resources are great. Iran does not, because theirs are few,” said Barry Posen, a political science professor at MIT.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The bakery said: "Every shop that reopens means jobs restored, a unit back in use and footfall returning to the high street, which we believe serves everyone's interests: ours, theirs and the wider local economy's."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Child 1 puts their left hand in, 2 put theirs on top, 3 and 4 continue the pattern.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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