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Definition of her in English:

her

pronoun həːhər
  • 1third person singular Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

    she knew I hated her
    I told Hannah I would wait for her
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is waiting for the Indian embassy to issue her a new passport so that she can fly back home.
    • He may well also have mentioned smoking to her but this did not make any particular impression.
    • As an adult she's learnt to say no to herself, but it hasn't come easily to her.
    • She denied any further and more serious impropriety when it was easily open for her to do so.
    • I did not see her as one to wait tables at a restaurant or tend to customers in retail.
    • In bed, he shrugs off her goodnight kiss and lies there waiting for her to ask him what's wrong.
    • So, all I had to do was look out for the lady who picked up her phone to identify her.
    • The memory of the boys reminded him he could not keep his identity from her for long.
    • Tina would bike to her mother's work at the end of the day and wait for her to finish.
    • Megan is coming for a visit at the weekend so I will mention it to her to have a look at the provisions.
    • Perhaps he went on and on to her about a previous girlfriend and she decided enough was enough!
    • Perhaps you might entice a friend to some along with you and mention this to him or her.
    • He could just as easily write the letters to her if the issue was one of communication.
    • We decided at this time not to mention anything to her about possible cancer.
    • No one had mentioned to her that the boy had been badly burned and was in great pain.
    • It made her the youngest female solo artist to debut at number one in the British charts.
    • The animal promptly followed her into the road and a car had to brake suddenly to avoid it.
    • Does this mean that he will know Judy to be Judy when he correctly identifies her?
    • We don't hate Roxie for her ambition, merely pity her for the hard lessons that she is forced to learn.
    1. 1.1 Referring to a ship, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female.
      the crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A large helm is still in place on the aft deck, giving her the appearance of a much older ship.
      • So, as usual we wish good speed to The Highfield Mole and all who sail in her.
      • The American ship put up such resistance that Stier, after sinking her, went down too.
      • During the night the Leda was torpedoed and, regrettably, no ship was sent to assist her.
      • It was another bad week for the insurance world and all who sail in her in Scotland.
      • It must be a navy big enough to defend her against the combined efforts of Russia and France.
      • A few of our group made a night dive on her for lobsters but I decided to wait and dive her at dawn.
    2. 1.2 Used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’
      it must be her
      See her
      he was younger than her
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘We don't know it's her,’ muttered Ross sulkily.
      • If I train really hard can I be as fast as her next year?
      • But she needn't think I'm not as good as her for all that!
      • I know I can sing better than a screaming psychopath with messed up hair - OK, I didn't mean to be that harsh, but I know I can sing better than her.
      • I know it's her, because she has one shoe heel missing and you can hear it when she walks.
    3. 1.3West Indian She.
      she will get all her wants
  • 2North American dialect, archaic third person singular Herself.

    peevishly she flung her on her face
possessive determiner həːhər
  • 1Belonging to or associated with a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

    Patricia loved her job
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only regret she mentions is that her father is not around to receive a signed copy.
    • They mentioned mechanical problems with her car and included details about friends.
    • The girl's mother had to listen to the tape to identify the voice of her daughter.
    • Thank God that her love of meat flavoured treats is greater than her love of chasing chucks.
    • He says that he found her in Israel, and he identifies her and publishes her photograph in the book.
    • The person seeking deliverance must exercise his or her will in such circumstances.
    • Her mother still holds down her job and has taken up t'ai chi to get involved in sporty things again.
    • She can never walk into York without being stopped by one of her mothers or babies now grown up.
    • Antenatal care aims to monitor and promote the wellbeing of a mother and her developing baby.
    • She also loved animals but her joy was always in her garden as she loved flowers and plants.
    • She has asked not to be identified but is in her nineties and lives in East Yorkshire.
    • She also mentions her own personal reaction to the resignation, which is worth quoting.
    • On Friday police said they would not identify her until her next of kin had been informed.
    • She loved her own company, loved her animals and would do anything for anybody.
    • She was as large and powerful as the animal from which her blanket was made.
    • By expressing a love for pink, a girl is affirming her identity as a female creature.
    • Be it intentional or not, it should also be noted that her name is rarely mentioned.
    • Let us just deal with some of the things that Helen Clark forgot to mention in her speech.
    • Until a few years ago my own sister was a primary school teacher who loved her job.
    • If it is not properly controlled, it can lead to problems for the mother or her baby.
    1. 1.1 Belonging to or associated with a ship, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female.
      at her launch, she was the ultimate in luxury transatlantic travel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Captain Lowe immediately put his ship about, felt her come free and then headed out to sea.
      • The Island-class vessel has won the Jersey Cup, awarded every year to a ship of her type.
      • A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
      • On the second tow, Rasa had a good launch but her canopy was slightly off to the left.
      • Usually lunch is back on board as the ship makes her stately progress to the next port.
      • It shows the ship lying forlornly on her starboard side, almost completely capsized.
  • 2Used in titles.

    Her Majesty
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However I do think that it is time that we were moving on and I also think that is the view of Her Majesty.
    • Imagine having to stoop to that level - particularly after being ignored by Her Majesty for years.
    • The genuine warmth and affection in which large numbers of the British people hold Her Majesty is clear to see.
    • The Kray twins and their brother Charlie eventually ended as guests of Her Majesty in Parkhurst prison.
    • In 1957, I was back in Jamaica serving Her Majesty as a conscript in her armed forces there.
    • It was the mid eighties, and how could I possibly fail to have a haircut called after Her Royal Loveliness?
    • I have spent two nights as a guest of Her Majesty, and eaten some truly terrible food.
    • If his recent spell as a guest of Her Majesty has not taught the talented youngster a lesson, that thought surely will.
    • The two were separated as guests lined up to meet Her Majesty and Mary was at the front as she walked by.
    • Public bemusement with modern art is shared by Her Majesty, a new book has revealed.
    • First, let me assure you that Her Royal Highness is of sound mind, body and spirit!
    • Trust chairman Jane Gummer will welcome Her Royal Highness and give her a tour of the charity's boats.
    • I'm willing to go along with the idea that maybe it might be nice to welcome Her Majesty to one of her Realms.
    • In an act of petty vindictiveness she was deprived of the title of Her Royal Highness.
    • Sir Paul McCartney told the crowds he had asked Her Majesty if they would all be back for another concert next year.
    • After all, with due deference to Her Majesty, it was suddenly beginning to look a little indelicate.
    • No response was sought by Mr Burrell from the Queen and Her Majesty made no comment.
    • I am deeply sorry for this news that Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret is dead.
    • To suggest that it was an alternative to the Queen's Christmas message is frankly insulting to Her Majesty.
    • Our claim has been made to Her Majesty, the Crown, not the Government of Queensland.

Usage

Is it incorrect to say I am older than her (rather than I am older than she) or it's her all right (rather than it's she all right) and, if so, why? For a discussion of this issue, see personal pronoun

Phrases

  • her indoors

    • humorous, informal One's wife.

      Liz said she didn't mind how I introduced her, provided it wasn't as ‘her indoors’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Announce that you are going on holiday or on an even longer break without him or her indoors and you may as well be signing your divorce papers.
      • Needing a quick drink after our shocking experience, we repaired to Garavan's and discoursed sapiently before the Merc had to get home to her indoors with the rolling pin.
      • Anyway, back from the pub and out for a quick meal with her indoors and that concludes the heady celebrations.
      • It would be a brilliant way of getting away from her indoors.
      • I'm bound to want it but it's justifying it to her indoors that is the difficult bit.
      Synonyms
      girlfriend, girl, sweetheart, partner, significant other, inamorata, fiancée

Origin

Old English hire, genitive and dative of hīo, hēo 'she'.

Rhymes

à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr
 
 

Definition of her in US English:

her

pronounhərhər
  • 1Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

    she knew I hated her
    Compare with she
    I told Hannah I would wait for her
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He may well also have mentioned smoking to her but this did not make any particular impression.
    • We decided at this time not to mention anything to her about possible cancer.
    • She is waiting for the Indian embassy to issue her a new passport so that she can fly back home.
    • The memory of the boys reminded him he could not keep his identity from her for long.
    • Megan is coming for a visit at the weekend so I will mention it to her to have a look at the provisions.
    • She denied any further and more serious impropriety when it was easily open for her to do so.
    • Perhaps he went on and on to her about a previous girlfriend and she decided enough was enough!
    • Does this mean that he will know Judy to be Judy when he correctly identifies her?
    • In bed, he shrugs off her goodnight kiss and lies there waiting for her to ask him what's wrong.
    • Tina would bike to her mother's work at the end of the day and wait for her to finish.
    • The animal promptly followed her into the road and a car had to brake suddenly to avoid it.
    • So, all I had to do was look out for the lady who picked up her phone to identify her.
    • He could just as easily write the letters to her if the issue was one of communication.
    • As an adult she's learnt to say no to herself, but it hasn't come easily to her.
    • Perhaps you might entice a friend to some along with you and mention this to him or her.
    • No one had mentioned to her that the boy had been badly burned and was in great pain.
    • We don't hate Roxie for her ambition, merely pity her for the hard lessons that she is forced to learn.
    • It made her the youngest female solo artist to debut at number one in the British charts.
    • I did not see her as one to wait tables at a restaurant or tend to customers in retail.
    1. 1.1 Referring to a ship, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female.
      the crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It must be a navy big enough to defend her against the combined efforts of Russia and France.
      • During the night the Leda was torpedoed and, regrettably, no ship was sent to assist her.
      • The American ship put up such resistance that Stier, after sinking her, went down too.
      • A few of our group made a night dive on her for lobsters but I decided to wait and dive her at dawn.
      • So, as usual we wish good speed to The Highfield Mole and all who sail in her.
      • A large helm is still in place on the aft deck, giving her the appearance of a much older ship.
      • It was another bad week for the insurance world and all who sail in her in Scotland.
    2. 1.2 Often used in place of “she” after the verb “to be” and after “than” or “as” to refer to a female person or animal.
      it must be her
      he was younger than her
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But she needn't think I'm not as good as her for all that!
      • I know I can sing better than a screaming psychopath with messed up hair - OK, I didn't mean to be that harsh, but I know I can sing better than her.
      • I know it's her, because she has one shoe heel missing and you can hear it when she walks.
      • If I train really hard can I be as fast as her next year?
      • ‘We don't know it's her,’ muttered Ross sulkily.
  • 2North American dialect, archaic Herself.

    peevishly she flung her on her face
possessive determinerhərhər
  • 1Belonging to or associated with a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.

    Patricia loved her job
    how the mother crane treats her babies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The person seeking deliverance must exercise his or her will in such circumstances.
    • She can never walk into York without being stopped by one of her mothers or babies now grown up.
    • Her mother still holds down her job and has taken up t'ai chi to get involved in sporty things again.
    • If it is not properly controlled, it can lead to problems for the mother or her baby.
    • Let us just deal with some of the things that Helen Clark forgot to mention in her speech.
    • Until a few years ago my own sister was a primary school teacher who loved her job.
    • She also loved animals but her joy was always in her garden as she loved flowers and plants.
    • Antenatal care aims to monitor and promote the wellbeing of a mother and her developing baby.
    • She loved her own company, loved her animals and would do anything for anybody.
    • The only regret she mentions is that her father is not around to receive a signed copy.
    • She also mentions her own personal reaction to the resignation, which is worth quoting.
    • The girl's mother had to listen to the tape to identify the voice of her daughter.
    • By expressing a love for pink, a girl is affirming her identity as a female creature.
    • Be it intentional or not, it should also be noted that her name is rarely mentioned.
    • On Friday police said they would not identify her until her next of kin had been informed.
    • She has asked not to be identified but is in her nineties and lives in East Yorkshire.
    • She was as large and powerful as the animal from which her blanket was made.
    • They mentioned mechanical problems with her car and included details about friends.
    • He says that he found her in Israel, and he identifies her and publishes her photograph in the book.
    • Thank God that her love of meat flavoured treats is greater than her love of chasing chucks.
    1. 1.1 Belonging to or associated with a ship, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Island-class vessel has won the Jersey Cup, awarded every year to a ship of her type.
      • A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
      • On the second tow, Rasa had a good launch but her canopy was slightly off to the left.
      • Captain Lowe immediately put his ship about, felt her come free and then headed out to sea.
      • Usually lunch is back on board as the ship makes her stately progress to the next port.
      • It shows the ship lying forlornly on her starboard side, almost completely capsized.
  • 2Used in titles.

    Her Royal Highness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sir Paul McCartney told the crowds he had asked Her Majesty if they would all be back for another concert next year.
    • If his recent spell as a guest of Her Majesty has not taught the talented youngster a lesson, that thought surely will.
    • After all, with due deference to Her Majesty, it was suddenly beginning to look a little indelicate.
    • The genuine warmth and affection in which large numbers of the British people hold Her Majesty is clear to see.
    • Trust chairman Jane Gummer will welcome Her Royal Highness and give her a tour of the charity's boats.
    • It was the mid eighties, and how could I possibly fail to have a haircut called after Her Royal Loveliness?
    • Public bemusement with modern art is shared by Her Majesty, a new book has revealed.
    • First, let me assure you that Her Royal Highness is of sound mind, body and spirit!
    • I have spent two nights as a guest of Her Majesty, and eaten some truly terrible food.
    • However I do think that it is time that we were moving on and I also think that is the view of Her Majesty.
    • To suggest that it was an alternative to the Queen's Christmas message is frankly insulting to Her Majesty.
    • I'm willing to go along with the idea that maybe it might be nice to welcome Her Majesty to one of her Realms.
    • Imagine having to stoop to that level - particularly after being ignored by Her Majesty for years.
    • No response was sought by Mr Burrell from the Queen and Her Majesty made no comment.
    • I am deeply sorry for this news that Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret is dead.
    • Our claim has been made to Her Majesty, the Crown, not the Government of Queensland.
    • In an act of petty vindictiveness she was deprived of the title of Her Royal Highness.
    • The two were separated as guests lined up to meet Her Majesty and Mary was at the front as she walked by.
    • The Kray twins and their brother Charlie eventually ended as guests of Her Majesty in Parkhurst prison.
    • In 1957, I was back in Jamaica serving Her Majesty as a conscript in her armed forces there.

Usage

On whether her or she is the correct pronoun in a comparative construction (“younger than her” or “younger than she”?), see personal pronoun and than

Origin

Old English hire, genitive and dative of hīo, hēo ‘she’.

 
 
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