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Definition of "him" []

  • Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw him at the meeting. (pronoun)
  • Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered him a ride. (pronoun)
  • Used as the object of a preposition: This telephone call is for him. (pronoun)
  • Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's him. See Usage Note at I1. (pronoun)
  • Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: He bought him some new clothes. See Note at me. (pronoun)

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 "him" in a sentence
  • "She stood on the sidewalk and looked at him through the window, not smiling, not frowning, more like _studying _him, for what seemed like the longest moment of his life."
  • "The collective culture of Capitalism created Madoff, celebrated people like him in pop-culture, - created millions * just like him* and/or aspired to BE him and now the MSM is running out of bad-apples to distract us with so that Americans don't see the slimy, rotted trunk of the Free Market tree that's falling in the yard."
  • "Diary Entry by Alan MacDonald (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Let\'s use the Health Care bill as an Obama "teaching moment"'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Let\'s use the Health Care bill as an Obama \'teaching moment\' --- not him \'teaching us\ 'but us \'teaching him\'! '"