el — meaning in English
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English meaning
- he pron Used to refer to a male person or animal already mentioned or understood.
- him pron The object form of "he" — used for a male person or animal already mentioned.
- it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
- the article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.
Senses
el is used for these senses in English:
- he (personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
- him With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]
- it The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
- the The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...
- the Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.
- the Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy