"he" meaning in English

See he in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hiː/ Audio: en-us-he.ogg [US], en-uk-he.ogg [UK] Forms: he [singular], hes [plural]
enPR: hē Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A he refers to a male person.
    Sense id: simple-he-en-noun-q8Wp0cXq Categories (other): Colloquial
  2. He is the name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others.
    Sense id: simple-he-en-noun-vYbH32oc

Pronoun

IPA: /hiː/ Audio: en-us-he.ogg [US], en-uk-he.ogg [UK]
enPR: hē
  1. A male person or animal without identifying or describing him. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence.
    Sense id: simple-he-en-pron-YPignpRn Categories (other): Personal pronouns
  2. A person or animal that we do not know the gender of.
    Sense id: simple-he-en-pron-lbf9y0dE Categories (other): Personal pronouns
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  "pos": "pron",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The man with the beard played the trumpet. He didn't play very well."
        },
        {
          "text": "William Shakespeare was an English writer, but he is long dead."
        }
      ],
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        "A male person or animal without identifying or describing him. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kill that spider, before he gets away!."
        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hiː/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/hi:/"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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        "A he refers to a male person."
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  "sounds": [
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      "enpr": "hē"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/hi:/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-he.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Personal pronouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The man with the beard played the trumpet. He didn't play very well."
        },
        {
          "text": "William Shakespeare was an English writer, but he is long dead."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male person or animal without identifying or describing him. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Personal pronouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kill that spider, before he gets away!."
        }
      ],
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        "A person or animal that we do not know the gender of."
      ],
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        "personal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/hi:/"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "he",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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        "A he refers to a male person."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "He is the name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "enpr": "hē"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/hi:/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-he.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-he.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "he"
}

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