him

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations full: /ˈhɪm/, elided: /ˈɪm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hɪm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(him)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
him /hɪm/USA pronunciation   pron. 
  1. the form of the pronoun he, used as a direct or indirect object:I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
  2. Pronounsthe form of the pronoun he sometimes used after the verb to be, where strict formal usage requires he:Who's at the door? —It's him again.
  3. This form of he is sometimes used instead of the pronoun his before the -ing form of a verb used as a noun or an adjective:We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. [countable]
  1. [Informal.]a male:Is the new baby a her or a him?

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
him  (him),USA pronunciation pron. 
  1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object:I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
  2. Pronouns[Informal.](used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verb to be):It's him. It isn't him.
  3. [Informal.](used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund):We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. 
  1. [Informal.]a male:Is the new baby a her or a him?
  • Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he1 bef. 900
    See he1, me. 
H.I.M., 
  1. His Imperial Majesty;
    Her Imperial Majesty.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
him /hɪm; (unstressed) ɪm/ pron (objective)
  1. refers to a male person or animal: they needed him, I baked him a cake, not him again!
  2. chiefly US
    a dialect word for himself
Etymology: Old English him, dative of hē he1USAGE: See me1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
HIM abbreviation for
  1. His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
'him' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accident - acclaim - Achilles - Acis - actually - advise - Aegisthus - affect - alone - Alpheus - arrest - ask - assume - Autolycus - away - balance - ballpark - bank on - Baruch - Bathsheba - bear - beat down - become - believe - belongings - Berdyayev - Bialik - Bidault - bill of attainder - black - blame - blast - blind trust - bludger - bodily - bold - book - bother - Brandt - bring - Brooke - Bruce - buoy - but - call - Canute - carry - catch - catch up - caveat

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