yours

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/jɔː(ɹ)z/
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/jɔː(ɹ)z/ · /jʊəz/ · /jəz/ · /jɔɹz/(US) · /jʊɚz/(US) · /jɝz/(US) · /jɚz/(US)

Definition of yours

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

pron

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
    “If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.”
    “Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.”
    “Are all these socks yours?”
    “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.[…]””
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pron

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
    “If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.”
    “Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.”
    “Are all these socks yours?”
    “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.[…]””
  2. (informal)Your 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,”
  4. (alt-of, honorific)Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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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