| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  h r, r; hûr when stressed |
| ADJECTIVE: | The possessive form of she Used as a modifier before a noun: her boots; her accomplishments. | | PRONOUN: | The objective case of she1. Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw her at the conference. 2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They gave her a round of applause. 3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to her. 4. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's her. 5. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: She got her a new job. See Note at me. | | NOUN: | A female: The dog is a her. See Usage Notes at be, I1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English hire. See ko- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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