Definitions for theirs
theirs
theirs
Spelling: [th airz]
IPA: /ðɛərz/
Theirs is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 144 anagrams from letters in theirs (ehirst).
Definitions for theirs
noun
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any male person or animal; a man:
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(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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Slang.
sex appeal.
sexual intercourse.
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a female person or animal.
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an object or device considered as female or feminine.
Idioms
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get with it, Slang. to become active or interested:
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have it, Informal.
to love someone:
to possess the requisite abilities for something; be talented, adept, or proficient:
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with it, Slang.
aware of the latest fads, fashions, etc.; up-to-date.
attentive or alert:
understanding or appreciative of something, as jazz.
Carnival Slang. being a member of the carnival.
pronoun
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a form of the possessive case of they used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun:
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(used with a singular indefinite pronoun or singular noun antecedent in place of the definite masculine his or the definite feminine hers ):
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that which belongs to them:
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the male person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that male.
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anyone (without reference to gender); that person:
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(used to represent an inanimate thing understood, previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
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(used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose gender is unknown or disregarded):
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(used to represent a group understood or previously mentioned):
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(used to represent a concept or abstract idea understood or previously stated):
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(used to represent an action or activity understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned):
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(used as the impersonal subject of the verb to be, especially to refer to time, distance, or the weather):
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(used in statements expressing an action, condition, fact, circumstance, or situation without reference to an agent):
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(used in referring to something as the origin or cause of pain, pleasure, etc.):
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(used in referring to a source not specifically named or described):
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(used in referring to the general state of affairs; circumstances, fate, or life in general):
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(used as an anticipatory subject or object to make a sentence more eloquent or suspenseful or to shift emphasis):
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun its before a gerund):
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the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
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the woman:
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anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine:
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nominative plural of he, she, and it1 .
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people in general:
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(used with a singular indefinite pronoun or singular noun antecedent in place of the definite masculine he or the definite feminine she):
adjective
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male (usually used in combination):
Origin of theirs
Middle English word dating back to 1150-1200; See origin at their, -s1
Examples for theirs
But how can you expect, when there must be a concession on one side, that it should be on theirs?
And she had tried to make herself believe it was her wish, her doing, not theirs.
And will this become four, if Cole and Helen have theirs added too?
If only Moxy—but he was gone where the angels came from—and theirs was a hard life!
Mark Reay knows his predicament is very different from theirs.
The voice of Eric Garner, outside his corner store, not theirs.
(Genesis 9:25) You disclaim these voices from the past, but to LGBT people, your voice sounds a lot like theirs.
It is our mission, as the plants and the lower living things have theirs.
I'm not used to be cross, and my own crossness is much harder to bear than theirs.
theirs is one of the most star-crossed bromances of our time.