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• heres
  heres

  noun

  an heir.
• here's
  here's

  contraction of here is.

heres

¹ American  

[heer-eez] / ˈhɪər iz /

Or haeres

noun

Civil Law.

• heredes
  plural

1. an heir.

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here's ² American  

[heerz] / hɪərz /

1. contraction of here is.

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heres British  

/ ˈhɪəriːz /

noun

1. civil law an heir

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Usage

See contraction.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• heredes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of heres

From the Latin word hērēs heir

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

heres here's heredes

This album is very so-so or, in Morissette-ian terms, from her song “The Edge of Evolution,” the album has, “The highs and lows and the heres and theres.”

From Time ● Aug. 28, 2012

I like practical examples so heres one you might relate to.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2012

Stephen Fuchs heres the link for “why does the sun really shine?” the only smooth and sexy science song ive ever heard Margaret Davis ‎”NaCl” by Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2012

Bertjansch asked before telling of his surprise at opening a, "Pig's face baguette at a motorway cafe near Malaga... oh, hello, heres Porky Pig whiskers and all."

From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2011

Let us have no more "Lo heres" and "Lo theres" in this respect.

From Ex Voto by Samuel Butler

They are signing up in part for, here’s that word again, an experiment, but also to be on a TV show; they go in with ideas and assumptions about both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

But here’s one example: Before I had electrolysis to remove my facial hair, I hated seeing and feeling the stubble on my face.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

If you were coming to my apartment this weekend, here’s what I’d make:

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

And here’s one rarely considered thought: What am I going to do about my mailing address and phone number?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Hold on to your hat," my father said, “because here's that guitar you've always wanted."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Here then was a voluntary transfer of more or less property at pleasure to persons freely chosen, who were not necessarily universal successors, if they ever were, and who nevertheless took under the name heredes.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Heirs are called sui heredes, that is, heirs of themselves or of their own property, as is explained by Gaius.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

To return to Bracton, it must be understood that the description of assigns as quasi heredes is not accidental.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

At about the same time the Earl of Chester and Huntingdon gave a charter to Chester forbidding trade in the town “nisi ipsi cives mei Cestrie et eorum heredes vel per eorum gratum.”

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert

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