yours

== English == === Alternative forms === your's (archaic, now mis-spelling) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɔː(ɹ)z/, /jʊəz/, (unstressed) /jəz/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA(key): /jɔɹz/, /jʊɚz/, /jɝz/, (unstressed) /jɚz/ , Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z Homophone: yaws (in some non-rhotic accents) === Pronoun === yours (plural yours) That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun. (informal) Your house or home. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature. ==== Usage notes ==== In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms. ==== Synonyms ==== yourn (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Middle English == === Pronoun === yours alternative form of youres