him meaning

Definition of him

1. a man, boy or male animal already mentioned, as the object of a verb or after a preposition
   • I saw him
   • give it to him

him in a sentence

• However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.
• It is easy to get the cranky man's goat by teasing him.
• It took him only a few minutes to realize his mistakes.
• The company gave him a large enough pension to live on.
• Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.

How to pronounce him

him is pronounced /ɪm/ in British English and /hɪm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.