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her

her

1.0
A word used before a noun to show something belongs to a woman or female animal
  • determiner
  • /hɜr/
translation icon : su
  • Her mom is, I think she's Taiwanese and her dad is white American.

So my sister is on her way to get me.

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Examples

  • It's very hot in the room and she doesn't like how her hair looks.

  • So this was supposed to be her big payoff.

  • I mean, I was her only child, you know, and.

  • This is definitely like her first work.

  • So I'm going to run her a bath.

  • There's her waist, there's her rib cage in here.

  • This is her favorite book that she reads every night.

  • You can see her smile light up the room when she enters.

  • I found her keys on the kitchen counter.

Synonyms

eir
vsher
  • UK
9.9

A word that shows something belongs to a person without saying their gender

is specific to a female person rather than neutral in gender
zer
vsher
  • UK
9.9

A pronoun used instead of 'he' or 'she' to avoid saying a person's gender

is used before a noun to mark female possession rather than avoid gender

Idioms

Thinking clearly and acting sensibly

In a very urgent and determined way as if everything depended on it

Remain in prison or in a job with no fixed end date

Much better than other people at something

put her there
  • Archaic
1 9.8

Hold out your hand to ask for a friendly handshake

her name is mud
  • Informal
9.9

Someone people blame or dislike after they do something others do not like

9.9

A person who acts as if they are perfect and better than others

9.9

Doing something risky and foolish that will likely make you lose money or get into trouble

Fit someone's plans or needs

Ask a woman to look at your art as a joke that suggests romantic or sexual interest

up her own ass
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who is very proud and only thinks about themselves

Compounds

5 8.5

A polite title used for a woman of high social rank in Britain

1 7.2

A man who loves a woman and shows romantic feelings

A simple game for children using the thumb and four fingers to help them move well

Her Maj
  • UK
9.6

A short respectful name for the queen of the United Kingdom

Surface Forms

her singular
hers plural

Etymology

Her comes from an old English form hire, which meant 'to/for her' and later was used before a noun to show that something belongs to a female. It is the possessive form of she, so her keys are the keys that 'belong to her'.