him

UK: full: /ˈhɪm/, elided: /ˈɪm/ US: /hɪm/ ,(him)

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him /hɪm/   pron. 

1. the form of the pronoun he, used as a direct or indirect object:
   I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
2. Pronouns the form of the pronoun he sometimes used after the verb to be, where strict formal usage requires he:
   Who's at the door? —It's him again.
3. This form of he is sometimes used instead of the pronoun his before the -ing form of a verb used as a noun or an adjective:
   We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. [countable]

4. [Informal.] a male:
   Is the new baby a her or a him?

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him  (him), pron. 

1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object:
   I'll see him tomorrow. Give him the message.
2. Pronouns [Informal.] (used instead of the pronoun he in the predicate after the verb to be):
   It's him. It isn't him.
3. [Informal.] (used instead of the pronoun his before a gerund):
   We were surprised by him wanting to leave.

n. 

4. [Informal.] a male:
   Is the new baby a her or a him?

• Middle English, Old English, dative of hē he¹ bef. 900

Usage

See he¹, me. 

H.I.M., 

1. His Imperial Majesty;
   Her Imperial Majesty.

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him / hɪm (unstressed) ɪm/ pronoun (objective)

1. refers to a male person or animal: they needed him, I baked him a cake, not him again!
2. 
   a dialect word for himself

Etymology: Old English him, dative of hē he¹USAGE
me1

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HIM abbreviation

1. His (or Her) Imperial Majesty