Meaning & use

Theirs

pronoun·Everyday

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Used to indicate that something belongs to or is associated with the people previously mentioned.

See it in a sentence

This car is ours, and that one over there is theirs.

The victory was entirely theirs after months of hard training.

A note on using this word

Theirs is a possessive pronoun that stands alone, unlike 'their,' which must precede a noun (compare 'their book' with 'the book is theirs').

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