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she

1

[ shee ]

pronoun

possessive: her or herssingular nominative: shepossessive: their or theirsobjective: themplural nominative: theyobjective: her
  1. the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
  2. the woman:

    She who listens learns.

  3. anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine:

    spring, with all the memories she conjures up.



noun

plural shes.
  1. a female person or animal.
  2. an object or device considered as female or feminine.

s/he

2

[ shee-er-hee, shee-hee ]

pronoun

  1. she or he: used as an orthographic device to avoid a gender-specific pronoun when the gender of the antecedent is unknown or irrelevant.

she

/ ʃː /

pronoun

  1. refers to a female person or animal

    she is a doctor

    she's a fine mare

  2. refers to things personified as feminine, such as cars, ships, and nations
  3. an informal word for it 1

    she's apples

    she'll be right

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a female person or animal
    2. ( in combination )

      she-cat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

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Gender Note

See he 1, me, they.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of she1

1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English ŧ, sīo, ī, feminine of se the 1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; he 1, her
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Word History and Origins

Origin of she1

Old English ī, accusative of ŧ, feminine demonstrative pronoun
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For their journey to Húsavík, Steele even confronted her fear of flying by travelling in both a propellor plane and a helicopter.

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If China imposes export controls, she added, Australia could begin selling more of its mineral reserves to help lower prices on global markets, and loosen the control China has had on setting prices.

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A mother is on mission to make high school proms more affordable after her daughter missed two events due to Covid.

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"I could see my sister looking out the window, and she told my father inside the house that I'd walked past with one arm," he explained.

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A Yangon resident told AFP that many of her neighbours believed in the prediction.

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