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yours definition

yours (yo̵orz; often yôrz)

pronoun

that or those belonging to you: the possessive form of you, used without a following noun, often after of[that book is yours; yours are better; is she a friend of yours?]

Etymology: ME youres < your + gen. -es: hence, in form, a double poss.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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