he

/hi/, /i/ pronoun male

Definition

› the male being spoken about, who has already been mentioned: Don’t ask Andrew, he won’t know. › He is also used to refer to a person whose sex is not known: Today a person can travel anywhere he likes. he

/hi/ n [C] › male Is your turtle a he or a she?

(Definition of he pronoun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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haze v TEST
hazel adj COLOR
hazel n TREE
hazy adj
HDTV
he pronoun
he’d
he’ll
he’s
head adj MAIN
head and shoulders above someone/something idiom

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