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Definition of "he's" []

  • Contraction of he is: He's going to school today. (noun-possessive)
  • Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum. (noun-possessive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "he's" in a sentence
  • "As Mr. Muhly made clear back in June and again in a recent phone interview, it's a label he's impatient to put behind him."
  • "Still, it's a label he's keen to un-stick, even if he accepts that's a largely impossible task."
  • "Sparked co-founder Jacob Colker calls this micro-volunteering, a term he's trying to coin."
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