# mines

Pronunciation: say "MYNZ" /maɪnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of mine. — plural of mine
   - Simple: Plural of mine. Use this form when there is more than one.
   - _The region's copper mines employed thousands of laborers._
   - _Abandoned mines pose serious safety risks to anyone who wanders inside._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of mine. — third-person singular simple present indicative of mine
   - Simple: The form of mine used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The firm mines lithium from the dried salt flats._
   - _A modern algorithm mines patterns from enormous datasets._

## Pronoun

3. Alternative form of mine, meaning "belonging to me." Nonstandard and widely considered incorrect. *(nonstandard)* — Alternative form of mine (“belonging to me”).
   - Simple: Alternative form of mine, used in some casual speech. It is nonstandard, so write mine instead.
   - _She kept saying the last slice was mines._
   - _Those boots are mines, not his._

## Origin

A variant of "mine," formed by adding the final -s found in the other possessive pronouns like "ours," "yours," and "theirs."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mines (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).