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his
determiner (FEMALE/MALE) strong /hɪz/ weak /ɪz/Definition
› belonging to or connected with a person or animal that has just been mentioned and whose sex is not known or not considered to be important: Anyone who drives his car at 100 miles an hour is asking for trouble. What a lovely dog! What's his name? Note: Many people prefer to use their, and this can sometimes mean changing other words in the sentence. Its can be used for animals.Possessive forms
(Definition of his determiner (FEMALE/MALE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -'s suffix
- -s' suffix
- his determiner (MALE)
- his pronoun
- its determiner
- mine determiner
- my determiner
- ours pronoun
- the determiner (YOUR)
- their determiner
- theirs pronoun
- thine determiner
- thine pronoun
- thy determiner
- us determiner
- yer determiner
- your determiner (PEOPLE GENERALLY)
- your determiner (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
- yours pronoun (PEOPLE GENERALLY)
- yours pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
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