theirs

A2
US /ðɛɚz/ UK /ðɛəz/
pron Freq #5451

Meanings

  1. 1
    pron

    That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

    This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.

  2. 2
    pron

    Their house or home.

    Let's go over to theirs.

Etymology

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.

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