Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
contraction
Alternative form of he's.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, contraction, informal, nonstandard
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det
Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, uncommon
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name
plural of He
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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name
Historic Environment Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
plural of he
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Initialism of house exchange system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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pron
Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, uncommon
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pron
The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gender-neutral, neologism, nominative, singular, third-person
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verb
Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
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History
From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.
A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.
