Yours meaning in English

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Definition

Yours (end of letter): Regards, Best wishes, With love (end of letter) idiom
(Is this) yours?: (Is this) your possession?, (Does this) belong to you? pronoun

Examples

  • "Yours Bruno"
  • "Yours still quite angrily"
  • "Yours Icarus Quincy"
  • "Yours Marilyn Regina Quincy"
  • "Yours Philip Cheeter"
  • "As I said though, the choice is yours."
  • "Yours tenderly Jean"
  • "And Philip, this is yours."
  • "Susie : Now then, Philip, what is this "fantastic marketing idea" of yours?"
  • "Philip : Well, 30,000 units must be peanuts for a company like yours."
  • "Order yours today!"
  • "What's going on inside that beautiful head of yours?"
  • "I was very pleased with the interview from my perspective, as I hope you were from yours."
  • "Everybody has a passion in life, and yours just happens to be perfumes."
  • "Yours Jean"
  • "What's yours?"
  • "Artistically yours"
  • "With a lovely head like yours, I mean with your unique skills and experience, you could be earning a seven-figure salary!"
Exercise 1
Now choose the more appropriate ending(s) than " See you later " to conclude Craig's email.

Again, there might be more than one correct answer!
Now choose the more appropriate ending(s) than " See you later " to conclude Craig's email.

Again, there might be more than one correct answer!
The term "friendly" is never used to end a letter: it is grammatically incorrect in this context.
"Regards" is a good way to finish a formal letter in a polite way. Note that we can also write "Kind regards", "Best regards", or "Warm regards" if we want to be even more polite towards the recipient. Example: "I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Luna DeLune".
"Yours faithfully" can be used to conclude a formal or business letter. This is mostly used when we do not know the name of the person we are writing to, so would be very appropriate for Craig's email. Example: "Please get back to me as soon as possible. Yours faithfully, Bruno Delavigne".
"Yours" is an appropriate way to conclude a business letter or email. Craig could and should have used this to end his email to Luna! Example: "Thank you for taking the time to read my application. Yours, Craig Krankoff".

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