hers

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hers

(hûrz)

pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to her: If you can't find your hat, take hers.

[Middle English hires, hirs : hire, her; see her + -es, possessive suff.; see -'s.]

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hers

(hɜːz)

pron

1. something or someone belonging to or associated with her: hers is the nicest dress; that cat is hers.

2. of hers belonging to or associated with her

[C14 hires; see her]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hers

(hɜrz)

pron.

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 our street.

[1300–50; Middle English hirs=hire her + -s ' s¹]

Translations

خَاصَّتُهَالها، خاصتها

její

hendes

ihr ihre

δικός της

(el) suyo(la) suya(las) suyas (de ella)(los) suyosde ella

hänen

le sien

njezin

hennar

di lei il suo la sua le sue sua

彼女のもの

그 여자 것

hennes

ของหล่อน

onunki

thứ của cô ấy

她的

hers

[hɜːz] POSS PRON (referring to singular possession) → (el/la) suyo/a; (referring to plural possession) → (los/las) suyos/as
this car is hers → este coche es suyo or de ella
is that car hers? → ¿es suyo or de ella ese coche?
"whose is this?" - "it's hers" → -¿de quién es esto? -es de ella
a friend of hers → un amigo suyo
my car is much bigger than hers → mi coche es mucho más grande que el suyo or el de ella
"is this HER coat?" - "no, hers is black" → -¿es éste su abrigo? -no, el suyo or el de ella es negro
"is this HER scarf?" - "no, hers is red" → -¿es ésta su bufanda? -no la suya or la de ella es roja
my parents and hers → mis padres y los suyos or los de ella

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hers

[ˈhɜː^rz] pron → le sien(la sienne), les siens (les siennes)pl
Is this her coat? - No, hers is black → C'est son manteau? - Non, le sien est noir.
Is this her car? - No, hers is white → C'est sa voiture? - Non, la sienne est blanche.
my parents and hers → mes parents et les siens
my reasons and hers → mes raisons et les siennes
Is this hers? → C'est à elle?
This book is hers → Ce livre est à elle.
Whose is this? - It's hers → C'est à qui? - À elle.
These are hers → Ce sont les siens., Ce sont les siennes.
She's a friend of hers → C'est une de ses amies.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hers

poss pron → ihre(r, s); hers (on towels etc) → sie ? also mine¹

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hers

[hɜːz] poss pron → il/la suo/a pl → i/le suoi/sue
a friend of hers → un suo amico
hers is red, mine is green → il suo è rosso, il mio è verde
this is hers → questo è (il) suo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

her

(həː) pronoun

(used as the object of a verb or preposition) a female person or animal already spoken about. I'll ask my mother when I see her; He came with her.

adjective

belonging to such a person or animal. My mother bought the neighbour's car, so it's her car now; a cat and her kittens.

hers (həːz) pronoun

something which belongs to a female person or animal already spoken about. It's not your book – it's hers; Hers is on that shelf.

herˈself pronoun

1. used as the object of a verb or preposition when a female person or animal is the object of an action she performs. The cat licked herself; She looked at herself in the mirror.

2. used to emphasize she, ~her, or the name of a female person or animal. She herself played no part in this; Mary answered the letter herself.

3. without help etc. She did it all by herself.

hers

→ خَاصَّتُهَا její hendes ihr δικός της suyo hänen le sien njezin il suo 彼女のもの 그 여자 것 van haar hennes jej dela ее hennes ของหล่อน onunki thứ của cô ấy 她的

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Then, deliberately, his eyes lifted to hers. "I was wishing you could see me fight just once."

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Prince Andrew went again to his wife and sat waiting in the room next to hers. A woman came from the bedroom with a frightened face and became confused when she saw Prince Andrew.

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The woman who sat in front of me was the woman whom I had met so strangely that day on that solitary moorland, and whom in prophecy still more strange my soul had declared to be, "now and for ever and before all worlds the woman God had created for me, and that unless I could be hers and she mine, there could be no home, no peace, for either of us so long as we lived--" and now so strangely met again.

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The more private inquiries I conduct for my fair relative the harder she will find it to get rid of hers truly, Horatio Wragge.

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He was now esteemed quite worthy to address the daughter of a foolish, spendthrift baronet, who had not had principle or sense enough to maintain himself in the situation in which Providence had placed him, and who could give his daughter at present but a small part of the share of ten thousand pounds which must be hers hereafter.

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The other he tried to slip through hers; but she eluded him nimbly, and Frome's heart, which had swung out over a black void, trembled back to safety.

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She felt safer with the feel of his arm against hers, and with the contact of her the man took a new grip upon himself.

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Bert was very possessive with Mary, almost roughly so, resting his hand on hers, catching and holding it, and, once, forcibly slipping off her two rings and refusing to return them for a long while.

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`Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It WAS a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.

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And what sort of crisis might not this be in three lives whose contact with hers laid an obligation on her as if they had been suppliants bearing the sacred branch?

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At last he halted in front of the young woman, bringing his face down close to hers.

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He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers. He sat down at the side of the bed, tenderly asking how she was, and dwelling on the necessity of her keeping very quiet after her agitation and exposure to the weather last night.