Yours Meaning
/jɔː(ɹ)z/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronThat or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
pronYour house or home.
Sentence Examples
Compared with yours, my car is small.
All the compositions were good except yours.
The church is between my house and yours.
CEFR Practice Quiz
That backpack is ____ because it has your name on it, not mine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This book is ____, as I finished reading it last week and I thought you might several enjoy it today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”"
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
That backpack is ____ because it has your name on it, not mine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This book is ____, as I finished reading it last week and I thought you might several enjoy it today.