yours
(a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective): Which cup is yours? Is she a friend of yours?
that which belongs to you: Yours was the first face I recognized.
Origin of yours
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How to use yours in a sentence
The more resources and education society becomes equipped with, the fewer stories like yours will surface.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut each of the recordings listed below deserves yours closest attention.
After reading Ever yours, if nothing else, one can start to understand how such a fanatic mind could produce such fanatic art.
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Whatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood“A hopeful family yours, Mr. Trotter,” said Perker, sealing a letter which he had just finished writing.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensI shall soon depart, and practise no more; and my time will become my own—still my own, by no means yours.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuI've got a writ here, Baptiste, and will be glad to have you tell me where this stuff of yours is so I can go and get it.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxSo you have lost that frozen heart of yours at last, and after such boasting, too!
British Dictionary definitions for yours
/ (jɔːz, jʊəz) /
something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with you: I've eaten yours
your family: greetings to you and yours
used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely; yours faithfully
of yours belonging to or associated with you
what's yours? jocular what would you like to drink?
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