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yours

Pronounced:

/ˈjoɚz/Listen to audio

Function:

pronoun

Meaning:

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.
2used at the end of an informal letter Yours, David
3 old-fashioned : your letter This is in reply to yours of the 24th.
up yourssee 3up
you and yourssee you
yours ever or ever yourssee ever
yours sincerely or sincerely yourssee sincerely
yours trulysee truly
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