Reference meaning
his
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Belonging to him.
Other meanings
2. determiner
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
3. determiner
Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
4. determiner
Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
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