yours

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yours

(yo͝orz, yôrz)

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).

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

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yours

(jɔːz; jʊəz)

pron

1. something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with you: I've eaten yours.

2. your family: greetings to you and yours.

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely; yours faithfully.

4. of yours belonging to or associated with you

5. (Brewing) what's yours? jocular what would you like to drink?

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yours

(yʊərz, yɔrz, yoʊrz)

pron.

1. a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective: Which cup is yours? Is she a friend of yours?

2. that which belongs to you: Yours was the first face I recognized.

[1250–1300; Middle English, = your + -s, as in his]

Translations

لَكَ، لَكُممِلْكُك

váštvůj

dinDeres

dein euer Ihr Ihrer

δικός σου σου

suyo tuyo vuestro(el) suyo(el) tuyo

sinun

le tienle vôtreta ton vôtre

vaš

önökéőszinte tiszteletteltied: a tied/a tietek

òinn, ykkar

il tuo il vostro tuo vostro i tuoi

あなたのもの

당신의 것

van jou

din med vennlig hilsen

twój

seu, seus

ваш

tvojvaš

din

ของคุณ

sizinki

cái của bạn

书信署名之上你們的你忠诚的你的您的

yours

[ˈjʊəz] POSS PRON

1. (belonging to one person)

1.1. (familiar, referring to singular possession) → (el/la) tuyo/a; (referring to plural possession) → (los/las) tuyos/as
is that box yours? → ¿esa caja es tuya?
I've lost my pen, can I use yours? → he perdido el bolígrafo, ¿puedo usar el tuyo?
that dog of yours! → ¡ese perro tuyo!
which is yours? → ¿cuál es el tuyo?
these are my keys and those are yours → éstas son mis llaves y ésas son las tuyas
what's yours? (offering drink) → ¿qué vas a tomar?

1.2. (formal) (referring to singular possession) → (el/la) suyo/a, (el/la) de usted; (referring to plural possession) → (los/las) suyos/as, (los/las) de usted
you and yours → usted y los suyos
is that box yours? → ¿esa caja es suya?
I've lost my pen, can I use yours? → he perdido el bolígrafo, ¿puedo usar el suyo?
these are my keys and those are yours → éstas son mis llaves y ésas son las suyas
Yours (in letter) → le saluda atentamente
see also truly

2. (belonging to more than one person)

2.1. (familiar, referring to singular possession) → (el/la) vuestro/a, (el/la) suyo/a (LAm), (el/la) de ustedes (LAm); (referring to plural possession) → (los/las) vuestros/as, (los/las) suyos/as (LAm), (los/las) de ustedes (LAm)
that's yours → eso es vuestro

2.2. (formal) (referring to singular possession) → (el/la) suyo/a, (el/la) de ustedes; (referring to plural possession) → (los/las) suyos/as, (los/las) de ustedes

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yours

[ˈjɔː^rz ˈjʊə^rz] pron

(familiar form) → le tien(la)(ne) → les tiens(tiennes); (polite form) → le vôtre(la), les vôtres; (plural form) → le vôtre(la), les vôtres
I've lost my pen. Can I use yours? → J'ai perdu mon stylo. Est-ce que je peux utiliser le tien?
I like that car. Is it yours? → J'aime cette voiture-là. C'est la vôtre?
My hands are dirty, yours are clean → Mes mains sont sales, les tiennes sont propres.
Yours was definitely the best team → Votre équipe était clairement la meilleure.
is this yours? (familiar form) → c'est à toi?; (polite or plural form) → c'est à vous?
This book is yours, Alex → Ce livre est à toi, Alex.
These books are yours, girls → Ces livres sont à vous, les filles.
"Whose is this? " - - "It's yours, Lara." → "C'est à qui?" - - "À toi, Lara."
Is that yours, Sir? → Est-ce que c'est à vous, monsieur?
Whose are these books? Are they yours? → À qui sont ces livres? Est-ce que ce sont les vôtres?, À qui sont ces livres? Est-ce qu'ils sont à vous?
a friend of yours (familiar form) → un(e) de tes amis; (polite or plural form) → un(e) de vos amis

(at end of letter) → amicalement
with best regards, Yours, George → bien amicalement, George
yours sincerely → veuillez agréer l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs, bien à vous
yours faithfully → je vous prie d'agréer mes salutations distinguées

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

yours

poss pron (German familiar form, sing) → deiner/deine/deins; (pl) → eurer/eure/euers; (German polite form: sing, pl) → Ihrer/Ihre/Ihr(e)s; this is my book and that is yours → dies ist mein Buch und das (ist) deins/Ihres; the idea was yours → es war deine/Ihre Idee, die Idee stammt von dir/Ihnen; she is a cousin of yours → sie ist deine Cousine, sie ist eine Cousine von dir; that is no business of yours → das geht dich/Sie nichts an; that dog of yours! → dein/Ihr blöder Hund!; you and yours → du und deine Familie/Sie und Ihre Familie, du und die deinen or Deinen/Sie und die Ihren (geh); yours (in letter-writing) → Ihr/Ihre; yours faithfully, yours truly (Brit: on letter) → mit freundlichem Gruß, mit freundlichen Grüßen, hochachtungsvoll (form); in reply to yours of the 15th May (Comm, form) → in Antwort auf Ihr Schreiben vom 15. Mai; what’s yours? (to drink) → was möchtest du/was möchten Sie?, was trinkst du/was trinken Sie?; guess who had to do all the dirty work? yours truly (inf) → und wer musste die Dreckarbeit machen? ich natürlich; and then yours truly got up and said … → und dann stand ich höchstpersönlich auf und sagte … ? affectionately, up

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yours

[jʊəz] poss pron sg → il/la tuo/a pl → i/le tuoi/tue pl → il/la vostro/a pl → i/le vostri/e; (sg, polite form) → il/la suo/a; (pl) → i/le suoi/sue; (pl, very formal) → il/la loro pl → i/le loro
yours is red, mine is green → il tuo (or suo ) è rosso, il mio è verde
this is yours → questo è il tuo (or suo )
a friend of yours → un tuo (or suo ) amico
yours faithfully/sincerely (in letters) → distinti/cordiali saluti
what's yours? (fam) (drink) → tu che prendi?

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

your

(joː) , ((American) juər) adjective

belonging to you. your house/car.

yours (joːz) , ((American) juərz) pronoun

something belonging to you. This book is yours; Yours is on that shelf.

yourˈself (-ˈselvz) – plural yourˈselves – pronoun

1. used as the object of a verb or preposition when the person(s) spoken or written to is/are the object(s) of an action he/they perform(s). Why are you looking at yourselves in the mirror?; You can dry yourself with this towel.

2. used to emphasize you. You yourself can't do it, but you could ask someone else to do it.

3. without help etc. You can jolly well do it yourself!

yours (faithfully/sincerely/truly)

expressions written before one's signature at the end of a letter.

yours

→ مِلْكُك váš din Ihrer δικός σου suyo, tuyo sinun le tien vaš il tuo あなたのもの 당신의 것 van jou din twój seu, seus ваш din ของคุณ sizinki cái của bạn 您的

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But before I show you mine, I want to see yours, dear Pinocchio."

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- the requiem how be sung "By you - by yours, the evil eye, - by yours, the slanderous tongue "That did to death the innocent that died, and died so young?"

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"You may ask, in your ill-tempered way, what business I have to meddle with affairs of yours which it is your pleasure to keep private.

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Your Virtues my amiable Polydore (addressing himself to my father) yours Dear Claudia and yours my Charming Laura call on me to repose in you, my confidence." We bowed.

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He feasted his eyes on the words above the signature: she signed herself, "Yours gratefully and affectionately." Did the last words mean that she was really beginning to be fond of him?

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"Marry, it is scant concern of yours, what I look like!" retorted Arthur-a-Bland.

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"If I had thought that my life only had, been at stake, I have been so persecuted that I might have yielded; but I thought yours was concerned, my dear sire, and I stood out for the sake of preserving your happiness.

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"I mean to say that I will take no fresh step in any business of yours," answered Mr.

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The cavalier who had addressed Don Quixote again approached him and said, "Come with us, Senor Don Quixote, for we are all of us your servants and great friends of Roque Guinart's;" to which Don Quixote returned, "If courtesy breeds courtesy, yours, sir knight, is daughter or very nearly akin to the great Roque's; carry me where you please; I will have no will but yours, especially if you deign to employ it in your service."

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"Yours is certainly one of the most patriotic households, Sir Alfred, which I have entered," he declared.

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"You remember referring my uncle to a friend of yours and of his?"

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I regret, therefore, that I cannot have the pleasure of entertaining your husband and yourself during Cowes week.