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Webster 1913 Edition
Your
Your
(ūr)
, p
ron.
& Adj.
[OE.
your
, ȝour
, eowr
, eower
, AS. eówer
, originally used as the gen. of ge
, gē
, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer
your, OS. iuwar
, D. uw
, OHG. iuwēr
, G. euer
, Icel. yðar
, Goth. izwara
, izwar
, and E. you
. √189. See You
.] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
☞ The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. “An old fellow of yours.”
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Your
YOUR
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to you; equally applicable to both numbers; as your father; your heart; your prince; your subjects.2.
It is used indefinitely.Your medalist and your critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.
3.
Yours is used as a substitute for a noun in the nominative or objective. This book is yours. I have no pen; give me yours. My sword and yours are kin.Definition 2024
Your
Your
See also: your
English
Pronoun
Your
- Alternative letter-case form of your often used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
your
your
See also: Your
English
Alternative forms
Determiner
your
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
- Is this your cat?
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
- Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
- Your Show of Shows
- Your World with Neil Cavuto
- Not Your Average Travel Guide
- Glanvill
- Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.
- (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
- Your man just bought a new car.
- Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
Contraction
your
- Misspelling of you’re.
Usage notes
- In US English, /jɚ/ is generally the unstressed version of /jɔːɹ/; in many dialects, however, /jɝ/ is frequent even in positions of stress.
- The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in written English.
Translations
belonging to you (singular; one owner)
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belonging to you (plural; more owners)
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See also
English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Type | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my, mine (archaic) |
mine |
| Second | — | you | you | yourself | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Archaic | thou | thee | thyself, theeself |
thy, thine |
thine | ||
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself, hisself (archaic) |
his | his, hisn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers, hern (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Neuter | it | itself | its | its | |||
| Indefinite | one | oneself | one's | — | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours, ourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs, theirn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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