yours

yours  (yrz, yôrz, yrz)

pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to you: The larger boots are yours. If I can't find my book, I'll take yours.

2. Used often with an adverbial modifier in the complimentary close of a letter: Sincerely yours.

Idiom:

yours truly

I, myself, or me: "Let me talk about a typical day in the life of yours truly" (Robert A. Spivey).

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[Middle English, from your, your; see your.]

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yours

pron

1. something belonging to you: my reputation is better than yours

2. your family: a blessed Christmas to you and yours

3. used in closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely, yours faithfully

4. of yours belonging to you: that husband of yours

Translations

yours [jɔːz] pron → tuyo;

(pl) → vuestro;

(formal) → suyo;

a friend of yours → un amigo tuyo etc see also faithfully see also mine see also sincerely

yours [jɔːz] pron → le(la) tien(ne) → les tiens(tiennes);

(polite form, pl) → le(la) vôtre → les vôtres;

is it yours? → c'est à toi (or à vous)?;

a friend of yours → un(e) de tes (or de vos) amis see also faithfully see also sincerely

yours [jɔːz] pron (familiar) (sing) → deiner/deine/dein(e)s: (pl) → eurer/eure/eures;

(polite) → Ihrer/Ihre/Ihres;

a friend of yours → ein Freund von dir/Ihnen;

is it yours? → gehört es dir/Ihnen?;

yours sincerely/faithfully → mit freundlichen Grüßen see also mine₁

yours [jɔːz] pron → il(la) tuo/a ;

(pl) → i(le) tuoi(tue);

(polite form) → il(la) suo/a;

(pl) → i(le) suoi(sue);

(pl) → il(la) vostro/a;

(pl) → i(le) vostri/e: (very formal) → il(la) loro;

(pl) → i(le) loro;

yours sincerely/faithfully (in letter) → cordiali/distinti saluti;

a friend of yours → un tuo (or suo etc) amico;

is it yours? → è tuo (or suo etc)?