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Very commonhe
The correct spelling is he.
How to pronounce he
/hi/
nounIPA: /hi/
Say it like: He
The correct spelling is he. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". For example: "Is your cat a he or a she?"
Usage Examples
“Is your cat a he or a she?”
“The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
- 2.The player attempting to catch the others in this game.
- 3.A male.
- 4.The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- 5.The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
pronoun
- 1.(personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
- 2.(personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
- 3.(personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
- 4.A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
interjection
- 1.(usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.
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