Her

/ˈhɜː/ · determiner

Meaning

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
3. The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
4. (informal) A female person or animal.

Example Sentences

This is her book

Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]

Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.

On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.

On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […]

Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.

Give it to her (after preposition)

He wrote her a letter (indirect object)

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Related Words

Word Forms

• herė
• hor
• hers

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