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he (hē)
pronoun pl. they
- the man, boy, or male animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as male) previously mentioned: masculine personal pronoun in the third person singular: he is the nominative form, him the objective, his the possessive, and himself the reflexive and intensive; his is the possessive pronominal adjective
- the person; the one; anyone he who laughs last laughs best
- the person just mentioned: used following such antecedents as everyone, somebody, or no one[everyone ran just as fast as he could]
Etymology: OE (where it contrasts with heo, she, hie, they < same base) < IE *ko-, kȇ-, this one > here, hither, L cis, on this side: orig. a demonstrative
noun pl. hes
he (hā)
noun
Etymology: Heb, lit., window
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- high explosive
- Her (or His) Excellency
- His Eminence
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he
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Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Modifies a noun
- sector: The RDA must work with the HE sector in the region to ensure that there is genuinely world class provision in the South West.
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