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she

she

1.0
A female person or animal already mentioned
  • pronoun
  • /ʃi/
translation icon : ella
  • Will you see that she gets there all right?
  • she says
  • she feels
  • she knows

But when it came to a plot, she's so weak.

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Examples

  • Through her research, Sarah realized that she loved being outdoors and working with her hands.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Despite having made the ultimate sacrifice, she is shortly thereafter dismissed from the theater.

    Academic text (2017)
  • You know just how hard she has worked all day.

  • I just know she will go when I leave.

  • Yeah, I suppose she is.

  • In 2009, President Obama nominated her and she was confirmed as U.S. under secretary of energy.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I promise once you get to know her, she's really nice.

  • I'm treating her the way that she deserves to be treated.

  • "She was so thin and weightless, she barely made a splash."

  • You know just how hard she has worked all day.

Synonyms

elle
vsshe
9.9

A French word for 'she' used to refer to a female person

is the standard English form rather than a French loan

Idioms

1 9.2

The end when nothing more can be said or done

A joke phrase people say after someone says something that can sound sexual

Compounds

she-devil
  • Offensive
4 8.8

A cruel woman who treats people very badly

9.9

A woman who acts in a very foolish and clumsy way

2.8

A female goat

she-oak
  • Australian
9.9

A tree from Australia with thin jointed branches and needle-like leaves

A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying

7.7

Careful action that avoids sudden changes or risks

Surface Forms

she subject case
her object case
her possessive determiner
hers possessive pronoun
herself reflexive

Etymology

She comes from an old English form hēo that changed over time into she, so think of it as the female partner of he. So she is used to refer to a 'female' person or animal already known.