objective form of he[help him; give him the book]
Origin of him
Old English him, dative of he, he, merged in sense with hine, accusative of he
The math problem was challenging for him, but he was confident that he could solve it.
Him is defined as he and is used with a verb.
An example of him used as a pronoun is in the sentence, "Jim loves chocolate ice cream; please give him some," which means "Please give Jim some chocolate ice cream."
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HIM
Her (or His) Imperial Majesty
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pron.
The objective case of he1- Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw him at the meeting.
- Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered him a ride.
- Used as the object of a preposition: This telephone call is for him.
- Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's him. See Usage Note at I1.
- Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: He bought him some new clothes. me
noun
A male: The dog is a him.
Origin of him
Middle English from Old English dative sing. of hē he ; see ko- in Indo-European roots.HIM
abbreviation
Her (or His) Imperial Majesty
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Pronoun
(personal pronoun, objective case)
- A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
- With dative effect or as an indirect object. [from 9th c.]
- Following a preposition. [from 9th c.]
- With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
- (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself. [from 9th c.]
- With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]
Anagrams
Origin
From Old English him dative singular of he (masculine) or it (neuter); from Proto-Germanic *himmai (compare Dutch hem).
Pronoun
- Pronoun when referring to God.
Usage notes
The word him is only capitalized when referring to God or Jesus.
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