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ее — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • er intj Used to fill a pause while thinking of what to say next.
  • her det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
  • hers pron The thing or things belonging to her; used in place of "her" plus a noun.
  • it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
  • its det Belonging to it.

Senses

ее is used for these senses in English:

  • er (added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.
  • her Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
  • her The 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.
  • hers That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
  • it The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
  • its Belonging to it. [from 16th c.]
  • its The one (or ones) belonging to it. [from 17th c.]

er — full definition

  1. intj Used to fill a pause while thinking of what to say next.
  2. verb To hesitate in speech, making a sound like "er."

her — full definition

  1. det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
  2. pron The object form of "she" — used after a verb or preposition.

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