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her

her

1.0
A word that refers to a woman or female animal already mentioned
  • pronoun
  • /hɜr/
translation icon : la
  • No, you have to bring her back.
  • tell her
  • make her
  • get her

My gosh, I've known her for a decade now.

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Examples

  • But I broke up with her at New Year's.

  • Plus, why would you give her this dress?

  • We told her and she looked at us.

  • I think it's just best for her, OK.

  • And I'm in love with her but she has no idea.

  • Why do you have to ruin her dreams, too?

  • I don't want her to get lonely.

  • My gosh, I've known her for a decade now.

  • She's thankful that modern science has allowed her to keep doing the things she loves.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I think Jane will love this gift; it suits her personality perfectly.

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 subject case
hers possessive pronoun
herself reflexive

Etymology

Her comes from the old English form hire, originally meaning 'to/for her', and it became the object form of she. So when you say 'I called her', you use her to mean the female person who receives the action.