yourspronoun
uk/jɔːz/us/jʊrz/yours pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
A2 the one(s) belonging to or connected with the person or group of people being spoken or written to:
Is this pen yours?
Unfortunately my legs aren't as long as yours.
I've got something of yours (= that belongs to you).
Yours is the room on the top floor, on the left.
B1 used at the beginning of some phrases written at the end of a letter, before giving a name:
Yours, Jack
Yours faithfully/sincerely, K. Maxwell.
More examples
- Do you consider him a friend of yours?
- Who works in the office next to yours?
- That aftershave of yours is smelling out the whole house.
- Sorry, I stupidly forgot to bring my copy of the report - could I look at yours?
- There's an old pair of shoes of yours lying in the bottom of the wardrobe.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: possessive forms
- hers
- his
- its
- mine
- my
- our
- ours
- s
- the
- their
- theirs
- thine
- thy
- us
- yer
- your
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Written greetings
yours pronoun (PEOPLE GENERALLY)
used to show that something belongs to or is connected with people generally:
Other people's children always seem to be better behaved than yours.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: possessive forms
- hers
- his
- its
- mine
- my
- our
- ours
- s
- the
- their
- theirs
- thine
- thy
- us
- yer
- your
Idiom(s)
yours truly