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

A member of the Moneyist Facebook Group was in a situation very similar to yours.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

"I'm pretty sure the way employment contracts work in most countries is that the IP or the information that you're creating is the property of the business, not yours personally," says Bersin.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“It won’t be a friend of yours, like a country that’s an ally or a country that’s your friend. It’s all or nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

If your "love" is a feeling of profound connection and unbreakable dedication, then my "love" is the mathematical certainty that my existence is meaningless without yours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

"Glad all my stories sunk into that dense head of yours."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda