Theirs Meaning
/ðɛəz/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronThat or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
pronTheir house or home.
Sentence Examples
Our views are in agreement with theirs as to the essential points.
Our interests conflict with theirs.
Theirs are the children with very fair hair.
CEFR Practice Quiz
My parents said the house on the corner is ____, but we live in this one.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two bicycles by the fence are ____, so please make sure that you do not move them without asking today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots."
— 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My parents said the house on the corner is ____, but we live in this one.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two bicycles by the fence are ____, so please make sure that you do not move them without asking today.