Him Meaning
/ˈhɪm/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
pronA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object., With dative effect or as an indirect object.
Sentence Examples
I'm gonna shoot him.
Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.
He asked me to marry him and I accepted.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The man waved at me, and I waved back at ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I gave the book to ____ yesterday, and he promised to return it as soon as he finishes it.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]therfoꝛ Chꝛiſt wold not call him abominable / But the verye abomination it ſilf."
— 1529, John Frith, A piſtle to the Chriſten reader […] :
"‘I promise,’ he said as I gave him the papers."
— 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
"She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak."
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
"‘He's got it buttoned in his breast. I saw him put it there.’"
— 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
"Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them."
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The man waved at me, and I waved back at ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I gave the book to ____ yesterday, and he promised to return it as soon as he finishes it.