yours

Meaning

1. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
2. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

Concepts

yours

your

thine

thy

for you

you

of you

your own

dual

at you

many times

plural

singular

to you

yourself

you all

yourselves

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɔː(ɹ)z/

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.

Sentences

Just the way yours do when you're happy .