What does his mean?

Definitions for his
hɪz; unstressed ɪzhis

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Wiktionary

  1. hispronoun

    Belonging to him.

    The decision was his to live with.

  2. hispronoun

    That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

    The decision was his to live with.

  3. hispronoun

    Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)

  4. hispronoun

    Used erroneously in place of 's after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case.

    Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.

  5. Hispronoun

    Belonging to God.

    The decision was his to live with.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hispronoun possessive.

    Etymology: hys, Saxon.

    England his approaches makes as fierce
    As waters to the sucking of a gulph. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    If much you note him,
    You shall offend him, and extend his passion. William Shakespeare, Macb.

    Heav’n and yourself
    Had part in this fair maid; now heaven hath all,
    And all the better is it for the maid:
    Your part in her you could not keep from death;
    But heav’n keeps his part in eternal life. William Shakespeare, Ro. and Jul.

    If our father carry authority with such disposition as he bears this last surrender of his, it will but offend us. William Shakespeare.

    He that is nourished by the acorns he picked up under an oak in the wood, has appropriated them to himself: nobody can deny but the nourishment is his. John Locke.

    Whene’er I stoop, he offers at a kiss;
    And when my arms I stretch, he stretches his. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

    Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
    Unfix his earth-bound root? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Not the dreadful spout,
    Shall dizzy with more clamour Neptune’s ear
    In his descent. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

    There’s not the smallest orb, which thou behold’st,
    But in his motion like an angel sings,
    Still quiring to the young-ey’d cherubims. William Shakespeare.

    This rule is not so general, but that it admitteth his exceptions. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

    Opium loseth some of his poisonous quality, if it be vapoured out, mingled with spirit of wine. Francis Bacon.

    Where is this mankind now? who lives to age
    Fit to be made Methusalem his page? John Donne.

    By thy fond consort, by thy father’s cares,
    By young Telemachus his blooming years. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

    Were I king,
    I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
    Desire his jewels, and this other’s house. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Every of us, each for his self, laboured how to recover him. Philip Sidney.

ChatGPT

  1. his

    "His" is a possessive pronoun used to indicate that something belongs to or is associated with a male person or animal mentioned or understood previously in the context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. His

    belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete

  2. His

    the possessive of he; as, the book is his

  3. Etymology: [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h, neut. hit. See He.]

Wikidata

  1. HIS

    HIS is an interest group consisting of the car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, Porsche and Volkswagen. Innovation in modern vehicles is to a great extent realized by software in electronic control units. Therefore vehicle manufacturers must extend their competence in the basics and methods of software design and quality assurance for microprocessor based control units. This has motivated the companies mentioned before to bundle their activities as long as they are not relevant for competition. HIS only works on topics which can be handled within a timeframe of up to 2 years. The common goal is to achieve and use joint standards, either by supporting standardization bodies, or where they do not exist, by developing standards. Work is performed in working groups which are established when needed. Significant work has been performed e.g. in the areas of standard software modules, process maturity levels, software test, software tools and programming of control units. HIS results are available under www.automotive-his.de

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. His

    hiz, pron. possessive form of he: (B.) used for its.—Hisn, a contracted form of his own. [A.S. his, possessive of he, and originally of it.]

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  1. HIS

    What does HIS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HIS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'his' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #24

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'his' in Written Corpus Frequency: #114

Anagrams for his »

  1. shi

  2. IHS

  3. ish

  4. Ish

  5. hsi

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of his in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of his in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of his in a Sentence

  1. Hindoo Maxim:

    He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

  2. Fox News:

    There were no less than eight law enforcement agencies present in the hallway leading up to the breach of the door at Robb Elementary School, every briefing, he leaves out the number of his own officers and rangers that were on scene that day. He leaves out that during this time, every other classroom in the building was safely evacuated by Uvalde peace officers with the assistance of Border Patrol.

  3. Press Secretary Josh Earnest:

    I'm going to protect the ability of the president to use his authority [to] move the country in the direction that he believes it should be headed, and particularly when it comes to an issue like … closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

  4. Issa Hayatou:

    Tokyo Sexwale represents South Africa which is a great ally of CAF, we can't be at odds with him but if he withdraws... we are not against Sexwale but we are waiting for the decision of his own federation who say his campaign has been too low-profile.

  5. Lowell Police:

    The boy was dropped off at his babysitter’s house by his parents at about 7 a.m. Lowell Police have spoken with a neighbor who saw the boy in the babysitter’s yard at about 9:15 a.m. That remains the last known sighting of the boy.

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