Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - theirs
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Theirs
theirs
Note: 'Theirs' is the third person plural possessive pronoun. 1. You use theirs to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about. There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs... It would cost about ?3000 to install a new heating system in a flat such as theirs... PRON 2. You use theirs instead of ‘his or hers’ to indicate that something belongs or relates to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. He would leave the trailer unlocked. If there was something inside someone wanted, it would be theirs for the taking... PRON
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pronoun, singular or plural in construction Date: 14th century 1. that which belongs to them — used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective their 2. his or hers ; his, hers — used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent I will do my part if everybody else will do ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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poss.pron. the one or ones belonging to or associated with them (it is theirs; theirs are over here). Phrases and idioms of theirs of or belonging to them (a friend of theirs). Etymology: ME f. THEIR ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. их; принадлежащий им a favourite habit of theirs —- их любимая привычка it is no business of theirs —- это не их дело that pride of theirs! —- эмоц-усил. эта их гордость! 2. эллипт. вместо сочетания their с существительным, часто уже употребленном в данном предложении: их, свой, своя, свои и т. п. those books are theirs, not mine —- это их книги, а не мои; эти книги принадлежат им, а не мне we are interested in them and in theirs —- мы интересуемся ими и их близкими ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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