Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to them.
- pronoun Usage Problem His or hers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
they .
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- pronoun That which belongs to
them ; the possessive case ofthey , used without a following noun.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus, in the example, "You may imagine what kind of faith theirs was," _theirs_ is a compound personal pronoun, equivalent to _their faith.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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The five hundred dollars obviated that necessity, and it was _theirs_, too -- theirs by the way of remuneration for giving Dora a home -- theirs to spend as they pleased.
Dora Deane Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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From the time they arrive they make the name theirs.
Gabriel Lerner: Latinos: Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Gabriel Lerner 2011
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From the time they arrive they make the name theirs.
Gabriel Lerner: Latinos: Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Gabriel Lerner 2011
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"They were but following the instincts of their savage natures," he used to observe; "and they were not ower weel pleased with the white men for hunting in the country which they call theirs, though it must be allowed they dinna make gude use of it."
Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The Saxatones like to say theirs is the campus's "newest and hottest" coed group.
The nerd turns: A cappella singers suddenly the popular kids on campus Jenna Johnson 2010
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The Saxatones like to say theirs is the campus's "newest and hottest" coed group.
The nerd turns: A cappella singers suddenly the popular kids on campus Jenna Johnson 2010
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I think MetaCritic suffers from the possibility of too few reviews to lend any statistical weight to the average -- it's just that theirs is a much smaller window in which it occurs since films and TV garners so much more attention than books.
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Any institution or bureaucracy or official -- up to the Mayor and beyond -- will throw away Bronx kids as a matter of course when convenient or when what should be theirs is politically more useful if allocated elsewhere.
Chris Norwood: Those Bad Bronx Boys Chris Norwood 2010
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Any institution or bureaucracy or official -- up to the Mayor and beyond -- will throw away Bronx kids as a matter of course when convenient or when what should be theirs is politically more useful if allocated elsewhere.
Chris Norwood: Those Bad Bronx Boys Chris Norwood 2010
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