yours
see also: Yours
Pronunciation Pronoun
Yours
Pronoun
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see also: Yours
Pronunciation Pronoun
- That which belongs to you (singular); 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. It’s all yours.
- That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- “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. […]”
- Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
- Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,
- French: le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes
- German: deiner
- Italian: tuo, tua, tuoi, tue (informal), Suo, Sua, Suoi, Sue (formal)
- Portuguese: (o) teu, (o) seu
- Russian: твой
- Spanish: tuyo, (formal) suyo
- French: les vôtres, les vôtres
- German: Ihres
- Portuguese: (o) seu, (o) vosso
- Russian: ваш
- Spanish: vuestro, (formal) suyo
- Russian: ваш
Yours
Pronoun
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
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