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he

noun

  1. fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
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interjection

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proverb

  1. male person or animal already known or implied
  2. person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhiː/ / [hiː] / [hɪj]

adj

  1. Abbreviation of hydroelectric.

det

Etymology: From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).

  1. Synonym of his.

intj

  1. An expression of laughter.

    (more common)

    If e'er he went into excess, / 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; / But he who would his subjects bless, / Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; / And so from every cask they got, / Our king did to himself allot / At least a pot. / Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! / That's the kind of king for me.

name

  1. Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany.

noun

  1. Initialism of high explosive.

    This here is sixty-six tons of straight-up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention!

  2. Initialism of higher education.

    LSST said the allegations were untrue. It described its mission as challenging: "We are providing a valuable service to communities that are often overlooked or are underserved by the public HE sector, and in doing so we are making transformational change."

  3. Initialism of health education.
  4. Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency.
  5. Initialism of His Eminence.
  6. Initialism of home entertainment.
  7. Initialism of human era (“current epoch”).
  8. Abbreviation of hydroelectricity.
  9. Initialism of home economics.
  10. Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement.

phrase

  1. Initialism of how embarrassing.

pron

Etymology: From he (“pronoun”).

  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

    I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.