YOURS Definition & Meaning

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yours

[yoorz, yawrz, yohrz]

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pronoun

(a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective).
Which cup is yours? Is she a friend of yours?
that which belongs to you.
Yours was the first face I recognized.

yours

/ jɔːz, jʊəz /

pronoun

something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with you
I've eaten yours
your family
greetings to you and yours
used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter
yours sincerely
yours faithfully
belonging to or associated with you
humorous��what would you like to drink?

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of yours¹

1250–1300; Middle English, equivalent to your + -s, as in his

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“No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945.”

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There are other forms of public deliberation out there that you distinguish from yours, such as the citizens’ assemblies that have been used in Europe.

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Today, the flyer you get in the mail with your passport proudly insists that “with your U.S. passport, the world is yours!”

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Signing Leonard was paramount, and he had given the Clippers something of an ultimatum: Trade for a star and I’m yours.

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She said her mum told her "the money's not yours" and blocked her number, before later claiming in court it had been posted through the girls' letterboxes.

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yourn yourself

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