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

But it's actually called Foxfield, and is in Lisvane, Cardiff rather than the fictional Cotswolds countryside town of Rutshire, and could be yours for £8m.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Fittingly, the majority of my favorites came from Cannes’ kookier programming sections, Directors’ Fortnight and Un Certain Regard — and I suspect many of yours did, too, oui?

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

But don’t fret if you leave yours at home—Thompson called the straw hats the tournament sells as part of its merch offering “exquisite.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She will receive the higher of the two options available: her own retirement benefit or a percentage of yours.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Or when that social worker had escorted him to his empty apartment to pack up a small bag of things, upending his life as yours had been upended, as mine had too.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman