Meaning of “theirs” in the English Dictionary

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theirspronoun

uk ​ /ðeəz/ us ​ /ðerz/

A2 the one(s) belonging to or connected with them:

Which children are theirs?
I think she's a relation of theirs.
Theirs is that little house with the big tree outside.

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Pronouns: possessive (my, mine, your, yours, etc.)We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun: …

(Definition of “theirs” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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theirspronoun [ pl ]

us ​ /ðeərz/

› belonging to them, or that which belongs to them:

Here’s my car. Where’s theirs?

(Definition of “theirs” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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