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Pronoun ʃi ʃiː Sister She's Dentist Woman Sue

Word3 she
WordType (pronoun)
Phonetic /ʃi/ /ʃiː/
Example
  • ‘what does your sister do?’ ‘she's a dentist.’
  • doesn't she (= the woman we are looking at) look like sue?
  • she's a big country.
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she

(pronoun)/ʃi/ /ʃiː/
  1. a female person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified
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    • ‘What does your sister do?’ ‘She's a dentist.’
    • Doesn't she (= the woman we are looking at) look like Sue?
  2. it (used to refer to something not usually thought of as female)
    • She's a big country.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: probably a phonetic development of the Old English feminine personal pronoun hēo, hīe.
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