1Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with two or more people or things previously mentioned.
‘they think everything is theirs’
‘a favorite game of theirs’
‘This makes a certain amount of sense, as theirs is the only network that can do this.’
‘They even speak our language; or it might be more accurate to say, we speak theirs.’
‘Scorsese's film of course centres around these people, but it is his film, not theirs.’
‘I hope it works for their sake, after all it's not my main gig but it is theirs.’
‘Some employees saw increases in their salaries while others had theirs reduced.’
‘Many are in a rush to damn him for a past crime when so many others in football and public life have been forgiven theirs.’
‘The other evening I placed an online order with a well known company for some products of theirs.’
‘Both were sympathetic but lacked the will to tackle a problem that was not exclusively theirs.’
‘After an early morning ride and breakfast the host had his work to do as usual, the soldiers theirs.’
‘As theirs is a more unpredictable business than most, farmers plan for the worst.’
‘Our footballing exaggerations are not as big as theirs but then neither is our level of success.’
‘I stayed silent during the meeting and people imagined my pain was much worse than theirs.’
‘America and the West cannot assume that theirs is the only political and economic model.’
‘Just remember, the fear they are spreading is not for your benefit, but for theirs.’
‘They treat you as an honoured guest, as if the privilege and pleasure is theirs, not yours.’
‘Some will nod heads knowingly while other saddened souls will simply shake theirs.’
‘We did our bit; all that was needed after that was for the sports stars to do theirs.’
‘Why don't these people just get on with living their lives and leave others to live theirs?’
‘Bette says she knows what he's thinking before he says it, and theirs is a special bond.’
‘After the war much of the prime land that was once theirs lay in the Soviet eastern sector of the city.’
1.1Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified gender.
‘when someone dies the remainder of their pension should be theirs to will to whomever they want’
1.2Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with a person whose gender or sexual identity does not correspond to the traditional binary opposition of male and female.