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she

1

[ shee ]

pronoun

possessive: her or herssingular nominative: shepossessive: their or theirsobjective: themplural nominative: theyobjective: her
  1. the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
  2. the woman:

    She who listens learns.

  3. anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine:

    spring, with all the memories she conjures up.



noun

plural shes.
  1. a female person or animal.
  2. an object or device considered as female or feminine.

s/he

2

[ shee-er-hee, shee-hee ]

pronoun

  1. she or he: used as an orthographic device to avoid a gender-specific pronoun when the gender of the antecedent is unknown or irrelevant.

she

/ ʃː /

pronoun

  1. refers to a female person or animal

    she is a doctor

    she's a fine mare

  2. refers to things personified as feminine, such as cars, ships, and nations
  3. an informal word for it 1

    she's apples

    she'll be right

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a female person or animal
    2. ( in combination )

      she-cat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See he 1, me, they.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of she1

1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English ŧ, sīo, ī, feminine of se the 1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; he 1, her
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of she1

Old English ī, accusative of ŧ, feminine demonstrative pronoun
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"It's a huge loss to us all. Even now I find it hard to believe she's still not here I have to just think she's somewhere else," Kimberley's mother Karrie McAssey said.

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"This type of content existed before social media, it's just that social media makes it a lot more accessible," she said.

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The culture secretary says she expects to see progress "very quickly" on the building of a £475m film and TV studio in Sunderland.

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"The Slow Cooker Club started off as an idea of how we could further support local families in Sutton with the cost of living, isolation and healthy eating," she said.

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Dr Hill said her research team wanted to find out if cold water dipping "can be used as some kind of supplementary therapy if there's a diagnosis".

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