yours

American  

[yoorz, yawrz, yohrz] / yʊərz, yɔrz, yoʊrz /

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.

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yours British  

/ 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

3. used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter

   yours sincerely

   yours faithfully

4. belonging to or associated with you

5. humorous what would you like to drink?

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Etymology

Origin of yours

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

Example Sentences

"I'm pretty sure the way employment contracts work in most countries is that the IP or the information that you're creating is the property of the business, not yours personally," says Bersin.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“It won’t be a friend of yours, like a country that’s an ally or a country that’s your friend. It’s all or nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

If your "love" is a feeling of profound connection and unbreakable dedication, then my "love" is the mathematical certainty that my existence is meaningless without yours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

If you won $100 million — a life-changing sum — $5 million or $10 million could change her life and would not alter yours in any meaningful way as a newly minted multimillionaire.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“But you haven’t earned it yet. It’ll be yours when you graduate from college.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young