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yours

UK/jɔː(ɹ)z//jɔɹz/

yours pronoun: that or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Pronoun (1)

yours (plural yours)

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
    • If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
    • Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
  2. (informal) Your house or home.
    • Let's go over to yours.
  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
    • Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,

Pronoun (2) capitalized: Yours

Yours

  1. (honorific) Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

yours meaning in Tamil and Arabic

yours in Tamil

possessive pronoun, singular
உனது uṉatu
possessive pronoun, plural
உங்களுடையது uṅkaḷuṭaiyatu
sincerely
இப்படிக்கு ippaṭikku

yours in Arabic

possessive pronoun, singular
لَكَ laka, لَكِ laki
possessive pronoun, plural
لَكُمَا lakumā, لَكُم lakum, لَكُن lakun

Examples of yours in a sentence

  • Are all these socks yours?
  • The socks of yours are a bit niffy.
  • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode!1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

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Synonyms of yours

Forms of yours

pluralyours
alternative formyour's

Origin of yours

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

Words formed from yours

Phrases with yours

Words that rhyme with yours

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Questions about yours

What does yours mean?
Yours means that or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
What is yours in Tamil?
Yours in Tamil is உனது (uṉatu), உங்களுடையது (uṅkaḷuṭaiyatu), இப்படிக்கு (ippaṭikku). See Yours meaning in Tamil.
How do you use yours in a sentence?
Are all these socks yours?
What part of speech is yours?
Yours is a pronoun.
How do you pronounce yours?
Yours is pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)z/ (UK).

Words near yours in the dictionary

  1. Yourcenarian
  2. youre
  3. yourn
  4. Yourofsky
  5. Yourofskys
  6. yours
  7. yours ever
  8. yours faithfully
  9. yours sincerely
  10. yours trulies
  11. yours truly

Source and license

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