hers

[hurz]

pronoun

1. a form of the possessive case of she used as a predicate adjective.

   The red umbrella is hers. Are you a friend of hers?

2. that or those belonging to her.

   Hers is the biggest garden on the block. Hers are the yellow ones.

hers

/ hɜːz /

pronoun

1. something or someone belonging to or associated with her

   hers is the nicest dress

   that cat is hers

2. belonging to or associated with her

Word History and Origins

Origin of hers¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hers¹

C14 hires; see _her

Example Sentences

The brand originally offered her new lip oil in the comments on a TikTok that she made about losing hers, then sent a direct message to confirm her address, according to Clements.

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Debbie Duncan, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, is being backed by her local MP in calling for Jay's Law to prevent the online trolling of grieving families like hers.

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“It was my grandmother’s. She died a few weeks ago. It’s the last thing I have of hers.”

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From that day, the family tree had been split in two: Pax and his descendants on one side, Agatha and hers on the other.

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“My dear Mr. Harley-Dickinson,” she wrote, addressing a playwright friend of hers who had briefly and memorably visited Ashton Place some weeks before, and who was never very far from her mind.

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