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hers

[hurz]

pronoun

  1. a form of the possessive case of she used as a predicate adjective.

    The red umbrella is hers. Are you a friend of hers?

  2. that or those belonging to her.

    Hers is the biggest garden on the block. Hers are the yellow ones.



hers

/ ɜː /

pronoun

  1. something or someone belonging to or associated with her

    hers is the nicest dress

    that cat is hers

  2. belonging to or associated with her

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hers1

1300–50; Middle English hirs, equivalent to hire her + -s 's 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hers1

C14 hires; see her
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Example Sentences

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The system returned a name — one the patient adamantly insisted was not hers.

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And though she only ever referred to herself as an amateur with a camera, Turner-Seed once saw a photo of hers land on the cover of the New York Times.

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Alice's family believes any failing in cases such as hers must be transparent if they are to lead to improvements in mental health care, and they say they will keep pressing for that.

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This other world looks a lot like hers, but something about it is different.

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The day after Jan Daly was born at a hospital in north London in 1951, her mother immediately complained that the baby she had been given was not hers.

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