hers

American

[hurz] / hɜrz /

pronoun

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 British

/ hɜːz /

pronoun

something or someone belonging to or associated with her

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

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Etymology

Origin of hers

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

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hers

No pictures of Swift's dress have been released yet -- and Dua Lipa took a fortnight before revealing hers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

"This has all started from Manchester," Ruwaydah explains during our coffee - hers is a vanilla mascarpone matcha - in Deansgate.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The rooftop ceremony site wouldn’t let her swap out its flowers, for instance, so a crew laid metal netting over them and mounted hers on top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

She is that queen who’s ready to claim what’s hers or die trying.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

My eyes snap up from the loose thread I’m fiddling with to meet hers.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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