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How to pronounce her
Say it like this: /hɜː/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does her mean?
detBelonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
“This is her book”
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
pronThe form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
“Give it to her (after preposition)”
nounA female person or animal.
“I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.”
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