🫵 Belonging to you 🧑‍🎤 Typical of you ✉️ Letter closing

yours

1 4.8

It is very typical of a person and a good match for their style

pronoun
/jʊrz/

Informal

: muy tuyo

This painting is really special; it's so yours with its vibrant colors and unique style.

Examples

Why does yours look so nice?
IT'S YOURS IF YOU WANT IT.

Empire of the Ants (1977)
GRACE, THIS IS PILGRIM'S CHANCE, AND IT'S YOURS TOO.

The Horse Whisperer (1998)
SCRATCH MY BACK, AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS.

Supergirl (1984)
YEAH, WE’RE REALLY BIG FANS OF YOURS.

Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
HOW ABOUT YOURS?

The Truman Show (1998)
IT'S YOURS ANYTIME.

Bleed (2016)
SID, I COULD--I COULD FEEL THAT LOOK OF YOURS FROM 3,000 MILES AWAY.

Brown Sugar (2002)
The way you styled that outfit is definitely yours, it reflects your personality perfectly.
Her choice of music is yours; I can see why you love it so much.

Synonyms

right up someone's strasse

vsyours

9.9

Perfect for someone's tastes, interests, or abilities

is used informally to stress typical style or personality rather than ability

up someone's strasse

vsyours

9.9

Something that suits someone's tastes or interests

is about personal style or character rather than just general appeal

straight from central casting

vsyours

Informal

8.2

Looks exactly like the kind of person chosen to play a role in a film or show

is a casual comment about a person's typical style not a staged role

Idioms

yours truly

Formal

8 5.5

A polite closing you write before your name at the end of a letter or email

sincerely yours

Formal

3 2.1

A polite way to end a formal letter when you know the person's name

Surface Forms

yours possessive determiner

yours possessive pronoun

yours subject case

Morphology

yours = your (semi-transparent) = your + s

The form derives from the possessive 'your', but the idiomatic sense 'very typical of someone' is a figurative extension rather than literal possession.

Etymology

Yours can also be used casually to mean 'your thing' or 'belonging to your style'. So when someone says 'That jacket is yours', they mean it fits you or is very typical of you.