[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/she.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / she [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/) # she «she» in Mova's school dictionary: **A word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech pronoun (she — subject; her — object and possessive; hers; herself); noun (a she — a female, informal) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or female animal already talked about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m1) 2) Sometimes used for a ship, a country or a car, as if it were a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m2) 3) (informal) A she is a female animal: «Is your cat a he or a she?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m3) 4) (casual, Australia, NZ) «She'll be right» means everything will be fine; «she» here means things in general. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m4) 5) (casual) «She's» = she is or she has; «she'd» = she would or she had; «she'll» = she will. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m5) 6) (rough, rude) «Who's she, the cat's mother?» is an old put-down for saying «she» about someone who is right there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m6) 7) (casual, broken grammar) «Her and me went» is heard in speech; in writing say «She and I went». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m7) ### sense in the lessons In stories and word problems «she» points back to a female character named earlier, so the reader must find who «she» is. In casual talk she is often the person everybody can see, never named («she took 3 of mine»). In the exam voice the name is repeated or the passive is used: «4 apples are given away by the girl». Phrases: she said, she is, she has, she'll be right. ### examples - Mia lost her pencil, so she borrowed one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x1) - She is my older sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x2) - The cat licked her kittens because she loves them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x3) - She has 5 apples and gives away 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x4) - My teacher says she likes poetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x5) - She and I walk to school together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x6) - The ship sailed and she reached port at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x7) - she had 5 — no wait, 6 apples, then ate 2 (casual, self-correction) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x8) - Lost the ball? She'll be right, we've got 3 more. (casual, Australia) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x9) - She nicked my pen again, the cheeky cow. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x10) - It is given that she possesses 5 apples and subsequently relinquishes 2; determine the quantity remaining in her possession. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x11) - "Some wine and meat," she replied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x12) ### note «She» is the subject: «She runs.» The object form is «her»: «I saw her.» Say «She and I», not «Her and me went». With «she» the verb takes -s: she runs, she has, she is. In a maths problem «she» is the same person as the girl named before, so her numbers belong to that person. Trap: with two girls in the story, check who «she» is. «She'll be right» is not about a girl. Insults like «the cheeky cow» still mean the same she and do not change the numbers. Formal «in her possession» = what she has; «relinquishes» = gives up. ### In the corpora - [That night she opens her banking app and groans: "The app says we've spent eighty dollars on takeaways this month."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/7/) - [Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/13/) - [She is seeing someone to talk to and is off work for a while.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/5/) - [The money taken off pays for schools, hospitals and roads, and some is saved for when she is old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/4/) - [Third time this week!» What she saw is one car in one space on Tuesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/10/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «she» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.