Yours: meaning, definitions and examples

Used to refer to something that belongs to or is associated with the person or people being spoken to.

• This book is yours.
• The choice is yours.

Emphasizes personal possession, often used to point out that something specifically belongs to the person being spoken to.

• You need to decide what you want to do with your own time.
• These are your own responsibilities.

A more formal or precise way of indicating possession by the person being spoken to.

• The car parked outside, belonging to you, must be moved.
• The documents belonging to you were found.

Used mostly in formal writing or in specific contexts where ownership or association needs to be stated clearly.

• He admires the diligence of you.
• The opinions of you are important to us.

Used to indicate that something belongs to or is associated with the person being addressed.

• Is this book yours?
• The decision is yours.

Used in more formal or descriptive sentences to specify possession.

• All the items belonging to you should be collected by noon.
• This document, belonging to you, needs to be signed.

Used to describe something that originates from or is related to the person being addressed, often in terms of characteristics or attributes.

• The kindness of you is greatly appreciated.
• This painting reminds me of you.

Used in very formal or literary contexts to refer to something that belongs to the person being addressed.

• Take that which is yours and leave.
• He claimed that which is yours as his own.