hers

CEFRA2

/ˈhɜːz/

pronoun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    pronoun

    Belonging to a woman or girl already mentioned.

  2. 02

    pronoun

    Extra detail

    Her house or home.

Examples

  • Nancy ran across an old friend of hers yesterday.

  • Your account and hers do not correspond.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /əz/

Deep Dive

pronoun

Extra meaning

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.

More examples

In context

  • We compared his work with hers.

  • Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.

  • That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The blue bicycle belongs to my sister, but the red one is blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

pronoun

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).