yours

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Australia, UK/jɔːz/Australia, UK/jʊəz/Australia, UK, unstressed/jəz/Canada, US/joɹz/

pronoun

That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

“Let's go over to yours.”

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Meanings

yours1

pronounyours (plural yours)

alternative archaic misspelling your's

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

    Are all these socks yours?

    4 more examples

    If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.

    Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.

    The socks of yours are a bit niffy.

    “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”

    1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  2. informalYour house or home.

    Let's go over to yours.

  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

    Yours sincerely,  Yours faithfully,  Yours,  Sincerely yours,

Yours2

pronoun
  1. honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishyoures
  2. Englishyours

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

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Translations

Arabic لَكَ, لَكِ
  • لَكَ (laka)possessive pronoun, singular
  • لَكِ (laki)possessive pronoun, singular
  • لَكُمَا (lakumā)possessive pronoun, plural
  • لَكُم (lakum)possessive pronoun, plural
  • لَكُن (lakun)possessive pronoun, plural
Bulgarian твой, ваш
  • твой (tvoj)possessive pronoun, singular
  • ваш (vaš)possessive pronoun, plural
Dutch het jouwe, de jouwe
  • het jouwepossessive pronoun, singular
  • de jouwepossessive pronoun, singular
  • van joupossessive pronoun, singular
  • het uwepossessive pronoun, plural
  • de uwepossessive pronoun, plural
  • van julliepossessive pronoun, plural
Esperanto via
  • viapossessive pronoun, singular
Finnish sinun, Teidän
  • sinunpossessive pronoun, singular
  • Teidänpossessive pronoun, singular
  • teidänpossessive pronoun, plural
  • Teidänpossessive pronoun, plural
  • kunnioittavastisincerely
  • terveisinsincerely
French le tien, la tienne
  • le tienpossessive pronoun, singular
  • la tiennepossessive pronoun, singular
  • les tienspossessive pronoun, singular
  • les tiennespossessive pronoun, singular
  • le vôtrepossessive pronoun, plural
  • la vôtrepossessive pronoun, plural
  • les vôtrespossessive pronoun, plural
German deiner, Ihres
  • deinerpossessive pronoun, singular
  • Ihrespossessive pronoun, plural
Greek δικός σου, δικιά σου
  • δικός σου (dikós sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικιά σου (dikiá sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δική σου (dikí sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικό σου (dikó sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικοί σου (dikoí sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικές σου (dikés sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικά σου (diká sou)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικός σας (dikós sas)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικιά σας (dikiá sas)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δική σας (dikí sas)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικό σας (dikó sas)possessive pronoun, singular
  • δικοί σας (dikoí sas)possessive pronoun, singular
Hungarian tiéd, tied
  • tiédpossessive pronoun, singular
  • tiedpossessive pronoun, singular
  • önépossessive pronoun, singular
  • magáépossessive pronoun, singular
  • tiétekpossessive pronoun, plural
  • tietekpossessive pronoun, plural
  • önöképossessive pronoun, plural
  • maguképossessive pronoun, plural
  • üdvözlettelsincerely
Icelandic þinn, ykkar
  • þinnpossessive pronoun, singular
  • ykkarpossessive pronoun, plural
Italian tuo, tua
  • tuopossessive pronoun, singular
  • tuapossessive pronoun, singular
  • tuoipossessive pronoun, singular
  • tuepossessive pronoun, singular
  • Suopossessive pronoun, singular
  • Suapossessive pronoun, singular
  • Suoipossessive pronoun, singular
  • Suepossessive pronoun, singular
  • il vostropossessive pronoun, plural
  • la vostrapossessive pronoun, plural
  • i vostripossessive pronoun, plural
  • le vostrepossessive pronoun, plural
Latvian tavs, tavējs
  • tavspossessive pronoun, singular
  • tavējspossessive pronoun, singular
  • tavējaispossessive pronoun, singular
  • jūsupossessive pronoun, singular
  • jūsējspossessive pronoun, singular
  • jūsējaispossessive pronoun, singular
  • jūsupossessive pronoun, plural
  • jūsējspossessive pronoun, plural
  • jūsējaispossessive pronoun, plural
Polish twój, twoja
  • twójpossessive pronoun, singular
  • twojapossessive pronoun, singular
  • twojepossessive pronoun, singular
  • twoipossessive pronoun, singular
  • waszpossessive pronoun, plural
  • waszapossessive pronoun, plural
  • waszepossessive pronoun, plural
  • wasipossessive pronoun, plural
Portuguese (o) teu, (o) seu
  • (o) teupossessive pronoun, singular
  • (o) seupossessive pronoun, singular
  • (o) seupossessive pronoun, plural
  • (o) vossopossessive pronoun, plural
Romanian al tău, a ta
  • al tăupossessive pronoun, singular
  • a tapossessive pronoun, singular
  • ai tăipossessive pronoun, singular
  • ale talepossessive pronoun, singular
  • al vostrupossessive pronoun, plural
  • a voastrăpossessive pronoun, plural
  • ai voștripossessive pronoun, plural
  • ale voastrepossessive pronoun, plural
Russian твой, ваш
  • твой (tvoj)possessive pronoun, singular
  • ваш (vaš)possessive pronoun, plural
  • Ваш (Vaš)sincerely
Spanish tuyo, suyo
  • tuyopossessive pronoun, singular
  • suyopossessive pronoun, singular
  • vuestropossessive pronoun, plural
  • suyopossessive pronoun, plural
  • voso (disused)possessive pronoun, plural
Swahili wako
  • wakosincerely
Swedish din, ditt
  • dinpossessive pronoun, singular
  • dittpossessive pronoun, singular
  • dinapossessive pronoun, singular
  • erpossessive pronoun, plural
  • ertpossessive pronoun, plural
  • erapossessive pronoun, plural
Tamil உனது, உங்களுடையது
  • உனது (uṉatu)possessive pronoun, singular
  • உங்களுடையது (uṅkaḷuṭaiyatu)possessive pronoun, plural
  • இப்படிக்கு (ippaṭikku)sincerely

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yours

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Sounds the same

yaws (in some non-rhotic accents)

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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