hers
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
/ˈhɜːz/(UK)
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/ˈhɜːz/(UK) · /əz/(UK) · /ˈhɔːz/ · /ˈhɝz/(US) · /ɚz/(US)
Definition of hers
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
pron
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That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
“That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.”
“Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.”
“This is a favourite song of hers.”
“The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.”
“The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.”
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pron
-
That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
“That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.”
“Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.”
“This is a favourite song of hers.”
“The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.”
“The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.”
-
(informal)Her house or home.
“Let's go over to hers.”
- (alt-of, honorific)Honorific alternative letter-case form of hers, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of her
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).
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