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

yours

1.0
It is a friendly word written at the end of a letter before the sender's name
  • interjection
  • /jʊrz/
  • Formal
translation icon : atentamente
  • I hope to hear from you soon. Yours!

Examples

  • The message concluded with yours, expressing warmth and respect.

  • Best wishes, yours truly.

  • She ended her note with a simple yours before signing her name.

  • At the bottom of the letter, he wrote yours to show his sincerity.

  • She ended her note with a simple yours before signing her name.

  • At the bottom of the letter, he wrote yours to show his sincerity.

  • The message concluded with yours, expressing warmth and respect.

Synonyms

yours truly
vsyours
  • Formal
8 5.5

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

is more affectionate and informal in tone
sincerely yours
vsyours
  • Formal
3 2.1

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

is less formal and more affectionate in tone
warm regards
vsyours
1 2.3

A polite, friendly way to end a letter or email

is more personal and affectionate rather than general good wishes

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 main

Morphology

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

Formally derived from the possessive 'your', but in valedictory formulas ('yours truly') the meaning is conventionalized as a closing formula rather than literal possession.

Etymology

Yours at the end of a letter comes from the old phrase 'I am yours', meaning 'I belong to you' or 'I am at your service'. That's why people sign a note with yours to show politeness or warmth.