THEIR
What does "THEIR" mean?
Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned.
Meanings
- Belonging to or associated with them; the possessive form of 'they'. The students left their bags by the door.
- Belonging to a single person of unspecified or any gender; a singular possessive. Each guest should bring their own chair.
Did you know?
- 'Their', along with 'they' and 'them', is a loan from Old Norse - one of the very few cases where English imported its everyday pronouns from another language, courtesy of Viking settlers.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'þeirra' (of them), which replaced the native Old English 'hiera' during the Norse settlement of England; 'they', 'them', and 'their' are all Norse borrowings.
Remember it
THEIR contains 'heir' - and an heir is someone who inherits what is THEIRS. (THEIR = ownership; THERE = a place; THEY'RE = they are.)
A little poem
Three words sound alike and trip the pen:
but only 'their' holds an heir within.
couplet
Wordplay
- Their, there, and they're walked into a bar. The bartender couldn't tell them apart - it was a real homophone mix-up.
What it teaches
The smallest words trip the most writers; mastery is getting the trivial things exactly right.
Quick facts
What does THEIR mean?
Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned.
Is THEIR a valid word?
Yes — THEIR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THEIR?
THEIR has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THEIR come from?
From Old Norse 'þeirra' (of them), which replaced the native Old English 'hiera' during the Norse settlement of England; 'they', 'them', and 'their' are all Norse borrowings.
What can THEIR teach us?
The smallest words trip the most writers; mastery is getting the trivial things exactly right.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.