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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024theirs /ðɛrz/USA pronunciation pron. - (used after the verb be to indicate that the subject is possessed by, owned by, or related in some way to someone known or mentioned):Are you a friend of theirs? That car is theirs.
- (used to mean that the thing referred to belongs to them (some people already mentioned or understood):Theirs is the white house on the corner.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024theirs (ᵺârz),USA pronunciation pron. - a form of the possessive case of they used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun:Are you a friend of theirs? It is theirs.
- (used after an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine form his or the definite feminine form hers):I have my book; does everyone else have theirs?
- that which belongs to them:Theirs is the largest house on the block.
- 1150–1200; Middle English; see their, -s1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: theirs /ðɛəz/ pron - something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with them: theirs is difficult
- not standard something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody: everyone thinks theirs is best
- of theirs ⇒ belonging to or associated with them
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