English Explanatory Dictionary

yours

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  2. Your house or home.
  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/jɔː(ɹ)z/ /jʊəz/ /jəz/ yôrz /jɔɹz/ /jʊɚz/ /jɝz/ /jɚz/ en-us-yours.ogg En-us-yours (alternate pronunciation).oga

Word forms

yours your's

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.

Synonyms

yourn

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Derived words

beg yours both of yours I don't fancy yours truly yours up yours what's yours wouldn't touch with yours you and yours you'll get yours yours ever yours trulies yours truly you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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