yours

[yoorz, yawrz, yohrz]

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.

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

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?

Word History and Origins

Origin of yours¹

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

Example Sentences

You clearly want to own your own home, and there’s something special about knowing it’s yours and that you don’t have to move again if you don’t want to.

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Your adult children most likely have ideas and goals of their own that may or may not mesh with yours.

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This season, may its luck, ease and little joys land on yours.

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"We make energy policy in our capital not in yours," the Saudi delegate told them in a closed-door meeting, according to one observer.

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If your father’s beneficiary designations are legitimate, your brother is likely wasting his own money and time, and yours, but you could still receive your 50% share at the end of this process.

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