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Meaning of she in English

she

pronoun

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strong /ʃiː/ weak /ʃi/ us

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strong /ʃiː/ weak /ʃi/

A1

used as the subject of a verb to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal that has already been mentioned:

I asked my mother if she'd lend me some money, but she said no.

old-fashioned

used instead of "it" to refer to a country, ship, or vehicle:

After India became independent, she chose to be a member of the Commonwealth.

Look at my new car - isn't she beautiful?

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She was the blond woman in the red dress.
If I tell Marie she might tell Jane.
When my mum comes to see us she always brings a cake.
She's not as fat as her sister.
She's so clever.

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Linguistics: personal pronouns

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Grammar

Pronouns: personal (I, me, you, him, it, they, etc.)

We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined): …

Subject and object pronouns

Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. We do not usually leave out the pronoun: …

We use I and me to refer to the speaker or writer. I is the subject form and me is the object form: …

We use you to refer to the listener or reader. It is both the subject and the object form. You can refer to one person or more than one person. It is usually clear from the context whether you is singular or plural: …

He, him; she, her

He, him, she and her are singular third person pronouns. He and him are the masculine forms. She and her are the feminine forms: …

We use it to refer to things: …

We use we and us to refer to different groups of people, but always including the speaker. We and us can refer to the speaker + the listener, or the speaker + other people but not the listener, or people in general including the speaker: …

We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals: …

He, she, him, her, his, hers

In writing, we can use (s)he, he/she, him/her or his/her to refer to both sexes at the same time. When speaking formally, we say he or she and his or her: …

she

noun [ C ]

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strong /ʃiː/ weak /ʃi/ us

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strong /ʃiː/ weak /ʃi/

Is this kitten a she or a he?

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she-

prefix

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/ʃiː-/ us

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/ʃiː-/

a she-wolf

An enormous she-bear was hiding there, ready to pounce.

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I read all these wild stories making me out to be a total she-devil.
He crossed the room and took the slender she-cat into his arms.
I saw a she-goat lying down in the shade, and two young kids sitting by her.

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Names for the male & female of animals

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(Definition of she from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

she | American Dictionary

she

pronoun

female

us

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/ʃi/

the female being spoken about, who has already been mentioned:

I asked Barb if she’d lend me some money, but she said no.

She’s such a cute dog!

She is sometimes used instead of "it" to refer to something, such as a country, vehicle, or ship, that has already been mentioned:

Look at my new car – isn’t she a beauty?

she

noun [ C ] us

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/ʃi/

female

The kitten is a she, not a he.

(Definition of she from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of she

she

They agree, and then ask where she is planning to go.

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She takes the broadest of views, including any discrete carbonate structure with topographic relief formed by in situ or bound organic components.

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For her project to succeed fully, she would need to be able to vindicate both her historical and philosophical claims.

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Assertives engage the speaker regarding the truth of the statement he/she is making : the psychological state being expressed is a belief.

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So far, so good; but a few hours later, when the assistant returns she notices that the sink is blocked.

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She had returned to her active schedule with friends, and volunteering.

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She has refused to be associated with it.

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On the other hand, she refuses to stylize him in an idealizing fashion.

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She argues that these differences are the reflex of different underlying representations for the two types of possessor relations.

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In so doing, she has replaced the musical world of the area - 'stagey stuff' - with that of her childhood.

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With her words she helplessly returns to the past, but she can't recall the right tunes any more.

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She finds that the scope of consultation has little or no effect on reducing violence.

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She would put on a scarf and play various roles.

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She nonetheless stresses that models can offer substantive theoretical knowledge of the world.

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She stresses that her work is interdisciplinary in nature, and her review of the literature supporting her conceptual framework reaches beyond linguistics and language education.

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她, （指雌性動物）牠, （代替 it，尤用以指代已提及的國家、輪船或車輛）…

彼女は, 彼女が（三人称単数形主格）…

(bayan) o…

elle, celle (qui), femelle…

ella…

هِيَ…

ona, ta, samice…

hun, den kvinde, den pige…

dia (perempuan), perempuan, betina…

เธอ, หล่อน, เพศเมีย…

nó, bà, chị…

ona…

dia, perempuan, betina…

sie, diejenige, eine Sie…

hun, hunn, hunn-…

그녀, 그 여자…

ela…

她, （指雌性动物）它, （代替 it，尤用以指代已提及的国家、轮船或车辆）…

ella, lei, essa…

она…

ella, aquella (que), la (que)…

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