1 : that which belongs to you : your one : your ones
▪ This glass is yours. [=this glass belongs to you; it is your glass] ▪ Yours is the glass on the left. [=your glass is the one on the left] ▪ My car is old, but yours is older. ▪ The responsibility for keeping the apartment clean is yours. ▪ All those CDs of yours take up an awful lot of space. ▪ Is that guy a friend of yours? [=your friend] ▪ My wife is a big fan of yours. 2 — used at the end of an informal letter ▪ Yours, David 3 old-fashioned : your letter
▪ This is in reply to yours of the 24th.
▪ This glass is yours. [=this glass belongs to you; it is your glass] ▪ Yours is the glass on the left. [=your glass is the one on the left] ▪ My car is old, but yours is older. ▪ The responsibility for keeping the apartment clean is yours. ▪ All those CDs of yours take up an awful lot of space. ▪ Is that guy a friend of yours? [=your friend] ▪ My wife is a big fan of yours.
▪ This is in reply to yours of the 24th.
up yours — see 3up
you and yours — see you
yours truly — see truly




