"he's" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /ˈhiːz/ Audio: en-us-he's.ogg [US] Forms: he’s [canonical]
Rhymes: -iːz Head templates: {{head|en|contractions|head=he’s}} he’s
  1. Contraction of he is. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: he is
    Sense id: en-he's-en-contraction-yBGFU7ls
  2. Contraction of he has. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: he has
    Sense id: en-he's-en-contraction-57cALRon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: he'sn't Translations (he has): han har (Swedish) Translations (he is): hijs (Dutch), ő (note: with a noun or adjective in the predicate) (Hungarian), (ő) … van (note: with an adverb in the predicate) (Hungarian), han är (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'he has': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'he is': 0 0

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for he's meaning in English (1.8kB)

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