| abroad |
If you live abroad, it means that you live in a country that is not yours. If you travel abroad, it means that you travel outside of your own country. [1/2 definitions] |
| acquire |
When you acquire something, you get it. It becomes yours. Acquiring something often takes some kind of work or effort. |
| another |
"Another" sometimes means "different." If someone you know lives in another country, it means that they live in a country that is not the same as yours. [1/4 definitions] |
| ashamed |
Sometimes when you are ashamed, you don't feel proud of who you are or the things you have. You might feel your things are not as good as what other people have. You might not want other people to see them or know that they are yours. You are afraid they will laugh or not respect you because of them. [1/3 definitions] |
| belong |
When something belongs to you, you own it. It is yours. [1/4 definitions] |
| belong to |
If something belongs to you, then it is yours. If something belongs to your brother, then it is his. [1/2 definitions] |
| claim |
When you claim something, you say that it is yours, or you take it for yourself. [1/3 definitions] |
| directly |
If your friend's house is directly across the street from yours, it is exactly across the street. If you walk from your house to their house, you walk in a straight line. [1/3 definitions] |
| example |
An example is someone that you should try to be like or try not to be like. If your older brother is a good example for you, then it will be good for you if you act like him. If a friend of yours is mean to your cat and you start being mean to the cat too, then your friend is a bad example for you. [1/3 definitions] |
| far |
"Far" sometimes means "much." If your brother's room is far bigger than yours, then it is much bigger than yours. If it's far colder today than yesterday, then today is much colder. [1/4 definitions] |
| foreign |
When something is foreign, it has to do with or is from a country that is not yours. [1/2 definitions] |
| fourth |
The fourth thing is the one that comes after the third. If your house is the fourth house, there are three houses before yours. [1/3 definitions] |
| give |
When someone gives you something, that thing becomes yours. If your friend gives you a present, the present is yours now. [1/7 definitions] |
| have |
When you have something, you own it. It is yours. [2/10 definitions] |
| indicate |
When a sign or a map indicates something, it shows people something. If you indicate something, you point it out or show it to someone. If someone is taking you home, you might need to indicate which house is yours. [1/3 definitions] |
| next door |
When something is next door, it is in the house or building or apartment that is next to yours. When you talk about the people who live next door, you mean the neighbors who live in the place next to you. When you go next door, you go to that place. |
| own |
When you have your own thing, it means that you have a thing that is yours and not anybody else's. [1/4 definitions] |
| swap |
If you swap things with someone, you trade them. If you swap sandwiches with your friend at lunch, your take their sandwich and they take yours. |
| thine |
The word "thine" means "yours." It is a word that used to be common in English, but it is now most often heard in church or in older poetry. |
| to |
When a bicycle belongs to you, it means that the bicycle is owned by you. It is yours. If a letter is addressed to you, it means that you are the person who should receive it. [1/9 definitions] |
| yours |
When something is yours, it's a thing that belongs to you or is part of you. |