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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations full: /ˈhɪm/, elided: /ˈɪm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hɪm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(him)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
him /hɪm/USA pronunciation   pron. 
  1. the form of the pronoun he, used as a direct or indirect object:I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
  2. Pronounsthe form of the pronoun he sometimes used after the verb to be, where strict formal usage requires he:Who's at the door? —It's him again.
  3. This form of he is sometimes used instead of the pronoun his before the -ing form of a verb used as a noun or an adjective:We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. [countable]
  1. [Informal.]a male:Is the new baby a her or a him?

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
him  (him),USA pronunciation pron. 
  1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object:I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
  2. Pronouns[Informal.](used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verb to be):It's him. It isn't him.
  3. [Informal.](used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund):We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. 
  1. [Informal.]a male:Is the new baby a her or a him?
  • Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he1 bef. 900
    See he1, me. 
H.I.M., 
  1. His Imperial Majesty;
    Her Imperial Majesty.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
him /hɪm; (unstressed) ɪm/ pron (objective)
  1. refers to a male person or animal: they needed him, I baked him a cake, not him again!
  2. chiefly US
    a dialect word for himself
Etymology: Old English him, dative of hē he1USAGE: See me1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
HIM abbreviation for
  1. His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
'him' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "him" in the title:

" I'll leave him out of it. He walks."
<----> listen with him tell her that<---->
, although I probably won't enjoy him.
<,> and when people were present made attempts to draw him out
", he/she on ..." vs. ", him/her on ..."
. . . . she throws him up at me.
. . . and looked thoroughly indifferent what sentiments she cherished concerning him . . .
. . . and she looked as if she was doubting him.
. . . with his legs strecthed out straight before him . . . .
... because he "poo pooed" him ...
... critics now fear him as well as disliking him. Why -ing?
... like him/her so-so
... until you're about to lose him/her
... what caused his fear(s) or what caused fear in him
..., if it would gain him a momentary advantage.
"...?" she asked, then invited him to sit down
....I sent (to) and received from him.
"...and had not yet had returned to him." I don't get this sentence...
...and that his wife <had> had him at twenty-two...
...because you <hadn't given> him <a><the> bonus that you <had promised> you...
...got lost...wanted him to find her out
...he <would><will> have been... when I <saw><see> him tomorrow. [reported speech]
...him beaten... ?
...him sing mightily.
...his mother has had to tube-feed him.
...making him the only gentile to be so referred
...meet him these balmy May days
...said another driver told him he had seen a car drove off.
...should think him unpractical, which he really was not.
...shoving him out in the cold.
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