theirs English

Meaning theirs meaning

What does theirs mean?

Definitions in simple English

theirs Pronoun

— If something is theirs, it belongs to them. This book isn't mine, it's theirs. "Whose laptop is this?" "It's theirs."

theirs pronoun

— that which belongs to them

Synonyms theirs synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as theirs?

theirs English » English

their

for them

to them

they

them

hers

themselves

their own

own

its

his

belonging to that

Topics theirs topics

What do people use theirs to talk about?

Grammar Part of speech

Pronouns

• What pronouns refer to the people or things being spoken about?
  he him his she her hers it its they them their theirs
• What pronouns are used in a possessive clause?
  mine yours his hers its ours yours theirs

Examples theirs examples

How do I use theirs in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Our interests conflict with theirs.

Is the house theirs?

Isn't that theirs?

Those books are theirs.

Your team is very good, but theirs is the best.

That book is theirs.

That suitcase isn't theirs.

A policeman asked the girls if the car was theirs.

My mother is a sister of theirs.

The dog is theirs.

These horses are theirs.

This is theirs.

Our problems are nothing compared to theirs.

The policeman asked the girls if that car was theirs.

His ideas accord with theirs.

This is not our car, it is theirs.

That's theirs.

Movie subtitles

The Portuguese had the brilliant idea that if they could find an alternative route, all the way around the coast of Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean. then this business could be theirs.

You're showing off your technology is better than theirs.

I know, but the vibe is theirs.

Don't let them get under your skin, but don't hesitate to get under theirs.

We shall fight them always, until our annihilation, or theirs.

Paris is all theirs.

And that lawyer friend of theirs. He'd make a great villain.

Let some of the other boys get theirs too.

I was gonna give each family 10 acres, a horse, a cow and some seed. and if they worked the farm for three years, it's theirs.

Our world or theirs.

They've built these great cities of theirs, yes.

This space gun of theirs that they keep on shooting.

I just met her. I guess it was easier for her to change her name. than for a whole family to change theirs.

I don't doubt that, but it's your word against theirs. That don't hold up in court.

And especially with theirs.

And ere the sun sinks your bones will join theirs and lie bleaching in the desert wastes.

Since the Spaniards have been thoughtless enough to sink our craft. I'll see if I can't persuade them to lend us one of theirs.

Give each family 10 acres, a horse, a cow and some seed, and if they worked the farm for three years, it's theirs.

I guess it was easier for her to change her name. than for a whole family to change theirs.

Are you my lawyer or theirs?

Tell them I'll match mine against theirs any day and give them six to four.

This is theirs.

It's a quaint little habit of theirs.

Ours or theirs?

Theirs.

Alright. We know the murder weapon to be a curved pair of grooming scissors, and three of our suspects have been unable to produce theirs.

All I know is they don't speak my language here, and I don't speak theirs.

The legal guilt is theirs and must be reported to the authorities.

Them surveyors had the gall. to come traipsing over Spanish Bit. with them infernal spyglasses of theirs.

And to hear that from a daughter, at least a man can say it's not theirs.

Isn't our party as good as theirs?

Even if the heart is heavy. they must return to sea. Theirs is a slavery without escape. - Ready?

If we worked for ourselves. it would be for our family, not theirs. for our mother and sisters.

We give them our tobacco, they give us theirs, I don't get it.

Maybe I want to learn theirs.

News and current affairs

Kagame then suggested giving every country an annual per capita quota for CO2 emissions, and allowing developing countries that are below the quota to trade their excess quota with countries that are above theirs.

Romania will have to decide whether or not it actually wants to have a past before its people can begin to confront and live with theirs.

I don't have an audience like Gates or Annan, but I would like to add my voice to theirs.

In the medium term, over-spenders should trim their outlays and habitual exporters should increase theirs.

But what happened in Libya has made them fear that Qaddafi's fate could be theirs, too, without an adequate deterrent.

Developing countries, too, have made serious commitments to their own people, and the primary responsibility for fulfilling those commitments is theirs.

Performance enhancing drugs cheapen sport, making winners out of also-rans, and depriving virtuous and superior athletes of the victories that should be theirs.

Millions of Americans have lost their homes; millions more face the insecurity of knowing that they may lose theirs in the future.

Having a national money is expensive - that is why Italy and France surrendered theirs.

Heavenly bliss, or hellish pain, depending on which team has scored: ours, or theirs.

In all likelihood, they will become more vociferous and vituperative before they mellow, because public opinion seems to be rewarding stances and tones such as theirs.

All it means is that, if we want to live harmoniously with another species in our most intimate places, we must recognize that some of the time our preferred modes of reasoning are not theirs.

Emerging markets need to create theirs in a greatly compressed timeframe.

Ecuador and Venezuela have already terminated theirs.

This has confronted the Europeans with a quandary: if they do not agree to give up some seats on the IMF board, some emerging countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, and perhaps even India, would lose theirs.

Ours is a guilt culture; theirs a shame culture.

Even Spain and Germany, despite qualifying for the next round, have started to scare theirs fans with mixed results.

Our homes and our cities are just a few kilometers from each other, our fields brush up against theirs.

Theirs is now a relationship of equals, so their national interests need to be reconciled on everything from Pakistan to climate change.

Restoring competitiveness in some member countries (Spain, Greece) would require others (Germany in the first instance) to accept deterioration in theirs.

My grandmother lost all of her teeth during her life, and my parents lost many of theirs.