he is or he has
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
he's /hiz; unstressed iz/USA pronunciation contraction.
-hes-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a shortened form of he is:He's late again.
- a shortened form of he has:He's already gone to bed.
-hes-, root.
- -hes- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "cling, stick to.'' It is related to -here-. This meaning is found in such words as: adhesive, cohesive, hesitate.
he's
(hēz; unstressed ēz),USA pronunciation
- contraction of he is.
- contraction of he has.
- See contraction.
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'he's' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ache
- admire
- after
- age
- ahead
- ail
- allegedly
- allergic
- almighty
- antisocial
- apostrophe
- apron strings
- arm
- around
- artist
- at
- awfully
- baby
- back
- bad
- bargain
- bark
- bat
- bats
- bear
- bed
- belt
- big
- big deal
- big gun
- big league
- big name
- biographical
- bird
- blinking
- blither
- blooming
- bod
- boodle
- book
- bottlewasher
- bounce
- boy
- brain
- browse
- bug
- bum
- by
- can
- capricious