yours S1 W3 / jɔz $ jɔrz / 代词 [ possessive form of ‘you’ ]

1 used when speaking or writing to one or more people to refer to something that belongs to them or is connected with them :

This is our room, and yours is just across the hall.

A lot of people have money problems, but yours are more serious than most people’s.

A cash prize of £10,000 or a new car – the choice is yours.

something of yours

Is Maria a friend of yours ?

That bag of yours weighs a ton.

I’ve read that book of yours.

2 be yours for the taking/asking if something desirable is yours for the taking or asking, you can easily obtain it :

If you want the job, it’s yours for the asking.

3 Yours faithfully British English used to end a formal letter that begins ‘Dear Sir’ or ‘Dear Madam’

4 Yours truly/Yours ( also Yours sincerely British English , Sincerely yours American English ) used to end a letter that begins with the title and name of the person you are writing to, for example ‘Dear Mr. Graves’

5 Yours truly informal used humorously to mean ‘I’ or ‘me’ :

They all went out, leaving yours truly to clear up the mess.

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