# theirs

Pronunciation: say "THAIRZ" US /ðɛɚz/, UK /ðɛəz/, AUS /ðeːz/

## Pronoun

1. The form of they used on its own to mean the thing or things belonging to them.
   - Simple: Used to show that something belongs to them, without naming the thing.
   - _These tickets are ours, and the ones by the door are theirs._
   - _Our garden flooded last spring, but theirs stayed dry._
2. The house or home belonging to them. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The home or house that belongs to them.
   - _After the movie, everyone headed back to theirs for coffee._
   - _I left my coat at theirs and had to go back for it._

## Origin

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s, equivalent to their plus -s (compare the possessive -'s) and formed by analogy to his. It displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine and thine) in standard speech.

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