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hers

[ hurz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a form of the possessive case of she used as a predicate adjective:
The red umbrella is hers. Are you a friend of hers?
that or those belonging to her:
Hers is the biggest garden on the block. Hers are the yellow ones.

hers

/ ��ɜː�� /

something or someone belonging to or associated with her
hers is the nicest dress
that cat is hers
of hers
belonging to or associated with her

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Origin of hers¹

1300–50; Middle English hirs, equivalent to hire her + -s 's ¹

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Origin of hers¹

C14 hires; see her

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I was thrilled that Anne Rice sure as hell invited him into hers!

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Don’t hit King with that criticism, because she got hers.

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Carol says going to space has always been a dream of hers and she'd definitely be up for being on board.

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Loosely inspired by a prolonged hostage crisis at the Japanese Embassy in Peru in the 1990s, Patchett sets hers in a fictional South American nation.

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This recurring motif may or may not be an apt metaphor for her outlook on life – predators are always waiting to pounce on what’s hers.

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