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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She became the highest-ranking female employee in Padres history when she was promoted to COO in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The next day, Stewart, who has an estimated net worth of $400 million, proudly showed off on Instagram that in 2026, she decided to cosplay a poor person.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
To mark two years since her diagnosis, she decided to create Breast Fest, a charity event to raise money for Merthyr Cancer Aid on 14 November that has raised £6,000 from ticket sales alone.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The “Bachelor” and “Dancing With the Stars” reality television star was arrested after Southlake, Texas, police say that she crashed into an ambulance and fled the scene on Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
In New Orleans, she gets much-needed rest at the Covent of the Sacred Heart for several days before continuing to Carville.
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
“I have to say that he was the best professor that I ever had,” s/he wrote.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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
“The main root of it is people are questioning some of the assumptions they made about AI,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, in a phone call after the closing bell Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
“I think some folks have been questioning whether they can get the votes done to make it happen,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Currently, they wrote, they are focused on preserving their capital and being ready to strike if the market runs into turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In addition, the Dodgers announced they promoted Royce Cohen to executive vice president and chief business officer, after he most recently served as senior vice president of business strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
They study enemy troops from the relative safety of their homes and write down as much information as they can.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
By the way, her freeze wouldn’t apply to electricity fees that subsidize energy efficiency, renewables and assistance for low-income customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“The truth is that the moment we discovered this, at her interview, we promptly withdrew her application for naturalization,” Feder said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Stewart smudged her face with gray makeup, cut a few rips in her least-loved jeans, sliced up a gleaming white cardigan and held up a clipboard that read, “I Am Hungry Help Me!!”
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
At first, Jenkins had a mastectomy and initially told her eight-year-old daughter Fallon that she had a "boob job".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
It is discovered that she left strict orders at Carville that her whereabouts be kept secret.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Colorado denied them an exemption from its enrollment rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Weirdly the machine brings them to life and as individuals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"The girls in my class would save pictures from their Jackie magazines and I'd collect them in scrapbooks," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Bankers for the rich with limited liquidity will help them decide to sell assets, use cash or borrow it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
For one, neither of them is easily swayed.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Kim, 64, kept about a third of hers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
But wouldn’t they know the car was hers?
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
“We’re just stepping on the gas, both companies collectively, on those two technologies, working directly with their own hyperscaler customers,” Murphy said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Currently, they wrote, they are focused on preserving their capital and being ready to strike if the market runs into turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig are starting their forever, tying the knot a month after respective ex-spouses Amy Robach and T.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Furthermore, it remains to be seen if the businesses will be able to maintain all their customer relationships once a deal is complete, according to Muse.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Phineas's excited men crowd alongside, walking next to their injured boss.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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
Sometimes, a voter will call the local registrar to request a new one because theirs has not arrived by mail — only to have the original eventually show up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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
"I will do my job and every department, the scouting department, the sporting director, needs to do theirs," said Amorim.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Jess and Sam laid theirs on top of his.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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