pronoun
yours
yawz
pronoun
1
The thing or things belonging to the person being spoken to, used without a following noun.
"This umbrella isn't mine — is it yours?"
"Ours is the blue house; yours is the one next door."
2
Used as a closing before a signature at the end of a letter.
"Yours sincerely, Jane Smith."
How to Use Yours
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe thing that belongs to you, standing in for "your [noun]."
Common mistake
Never write "your's" — "yours" has no apostrophe.
Common pairings
yours truly
yours sincerely
Word Forms
yours plural
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Etymology
Formed from your plus -s, on the model of "his," and recorded since the 1300s; it eventually replaced the older form "yourn" in standard English.