theirs

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pronoun

theirstheir's

1.
That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.
Theirs cost a lot more than ours.
That cat of theirs got into our garden again.
2.
(informal)Their house or home.
Let's go over to theirs.

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From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.