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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

Etymology

Origin of heres

From the Latin word hērēs heir

Example Sentences

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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

Accordingly, the question arises whether the English heir or successor to real estate presents the same analogies to the Roman heres as the executor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

But here’s the good news: These figures, such as $1.2 million, are completely bogus.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

We don’t love being right about this one, but here’s how we got here.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

“This here’s a story about a boy and his sisters. They take this boat to an island and all kinds of things happen to ’em.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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 Hibbert, Francis Aiden

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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell