Yours

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • pronoun. 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.
  • pronoun. 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).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  • pronoun. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
  • pronoun. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • pronoun. See the Note under your.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That which belongs or those which belong to you: the possessive used without a following noun.
  • [Yours is sometimes used in specific senses without reference to a noun previously mentioned: Your property.
  • The persons belonging to you; your friends or relatives.
  • Your letter: as, yours of the 16th inst. is at hand.
  • Abbreviated yrs.
  • Word Usage
    "Hell… the way I feel this moment…. how I really look at anything and feel scorned… how just an email prior to yours I believed him so faith fully… and the one that came right after yours…"
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    Variant
    your   
    Rhyme
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