theirs

[US]/ðeəz/
[UK]/ðɛrz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

pron. belonging to them; belonging to other people

Example Sentences

work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter.

a favourite game of theirs .

Such wishful thinking of theirs will never be realized.

from every aspect theirs was a changing world.

the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others.

Those dictionaries are theirs, not mine.

Our football team defeated theirs this time.

Our house is white; theirs is brown.

Our team tied with theirs in athletics.

How can we match our generosity against theirs?

With the team’s closest rivals out of the championship, the title was theirs for the taking.

I’d seen dirty houses before, but theirs was the absolute end!

When she married Dave, everyone thought that theirs was a match made in heaven.

There is no affiliation between our organization and theirs, even though our names are similar.

American research universities plenarily exert the re-source predominance in order to enhance research ability of undergraduate and bring up theirs innovative energy.The research uni-versit...

Real-world Examples

Officials argued that the duty was not theirs.

Source: VOA Special March 2023 Collection

Is the baby not theirs at all? Ignore him.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

It'll be easier for the next generation theirs and ours.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

All the garbage that everybody is disgusted by is not theirs.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) August 2016 Collection

After years of heartbreak and near misses, the cup is finally theirs.

Source: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

I just told them to paint something nice, the sentiment's all theirs.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

Then Mr Donner said to me theirs lots of time for that Charlie.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

These days no one would lend Mark Antony theirs; they would rent or sell them.

Source: Shelly July 2020

But many of ASL's signs are rooted in a cultural experience that isn't theirs.

Source: Vox opinion

Not if you want them to go away happy, and leave behind what's not theirs.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

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