yours

UK: /ˈjɔː^rz/, /ˈjʊə^rz/ US: /jʊrz, jɔrz/ ,(yŏŏrz, yôrz, yōrz)

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yours /yʊrz, yɔrz/   pron. 

1. the form of the pronoun youthat is used to mean possessed or owned by you;
   of or relating to you;
   belonging to you, and is not used immediately before a noun:
   Which cup is yours? Yours was the first face I recognized.

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yours  (yŏŏrz, yôrz, yōrz), 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.

• Middle English, equivalent. to your + -s, as in his 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

yours / jɔːz jʊəz/ pronoun

1. something or someone belonging to or associated in some way with you
2. your family: greetings to you and yours
3. used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely, yours faithfully
4. of yours ⇒ belonging to or associated with you