yours

[ yoorz, yawrz, yohrz ]
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pronoun
  1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective): Which cup is yours? Is she a friend of yours?

  2. that which belongs to you: Yours was the first face I recognized.

Origin of yours

1
1250–1300; Middle English, equivalent to your + -s, as in his

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British Dictionary definitions for yours

yours

/ (jɔːz, jʊəz) /


pronoun
  1. something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with you: I've eaten yours

  2. your family: greetings to you and yours

  1. used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely; yours faithfully

  2. of yours belonging to or associated with you

  3. what's yours? jocular what would you like to drink?

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