his

his
1 /Iz/; strong /hIz/ determiner (possessive form of 'he')
1 used to talk about something that belongs to or is connected with someone who has already been mentioned or who the person you are talking to already knows about: He broke his arm while playing football with his children. | A man of his age shouldn't be running about like that.
2 used especially after words like `everyone', `anyone', `no one' etc when you mean `their': Who cares what everyone else is doing - each to his own, I say.
—compare their 2 pronoun (possessive form of 'he')
1 used to talk about something that belongs to or is connected with someone who has already been mentioned or who the person you are talking to already knows about: That's not Philip's wife - his is a tall blonde woman. | sb/sth of his: That stupid brother of his ran into my car.
2 used after words like `everyone', `anyone', `no one' etc when you mean `theirs': Everyone only wants what is his by right.
—compare theirs

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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