yours sincerely

yours sincerely
a polite formula to end a letter, especially when the recipient’s name is known to the sender

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  • yours sincerely — Used in moderately formal conclusion to a letter • • • Main Entry: ↑sincere * * * Yours sincerely phrase used before your name as a way of ending a formal letter Yours sincerely, Robert Sanderson Thesaurus: expressions used in letters and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Yours sincerely — Ⅰ. Yours sincerely UK (US Sincerely yours, Sincerely) ► used at the end of a formal letter before you sign your name Main Entry: ↑sincerely Ⅱ. Yours sincerely ► written at the end of a le …   Financial and business terms

  • Yours sincerely — used before your name as a way of ending a formal letter Yours sincerely, Robert Sanderson …   English dictionary

  • yours sincerely — with blessings, friendly yours (at the end of a letter) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sincerely — sin‧cere‧ly [sɪnˈsɪəli ǁ ˈsɪr ] adverb Yours sincerely Sincerely yours an expression used to end a formal letter. You use this expression when you have addressed the person you are writing to by name, rather than Dear Sir or Dear Madam compare… …   Financial and business terms

  • Yours — [jɔːz ǁ jɔːrz] pronoun 1. Yours faithfully used to end a formal letter that begins Dear Sir or Dear Madam 2. Yours sincerely/​Yours used to end a less formal letter that begins with the name of the person you are writing to, for example Dear Mr… …   Financial and business terms

  • yours — W3S1 [jo:z US jurz, jo:rz] pron [possessive form of you ] 1.) used when speaking or writing to one or more people to refer to something that belongs to them or is connected with them ▪ This is our room, and yours is just across the hall. ▪ A lot… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Sincerely (yours) — Yours sincerely idiom (BrE) (NAmE Sincerely (yours)) (formal) use …   Useful english dictionary

  • yours faithfully — ● your * * * Yours faithfully british phrase used at the end of a formal letter when you begin it with ‘Dear Sir’ or ‘Dear Madam’. When you begin a letter with someone’s name, for example ‘Dear Mrs Smith’, you end it with ‘Yours sincerely’. Thes …   Useful english dictionary

  • sincerely — For Yours sincerely, see letter forms …   Modern English usage

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