Definition of 'your'
language note: Your is the second person possessive determiner. Your can refer to one or more people.
1. determiner
2. determiner
3. determiner
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your in British English
determiner
2.
belonging to or associated with an unspecified person or people in general
the path is on your left heading north
this lotion is for your head only
3. informal
used to indicate all things or people of a certain type
your Labrador is a gentle breed of dog
4. See your actual
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Word origin
Old English eower, genitive of gē ye1; related to Old Frisian jūwe, Old Saxon euwa, Old High German iuwēryour in American English
possessive pronominal adjective
1.
of, belonging to, made by, or done by you
also used before some formal titles Your Honor, Your Majesty
2. Informal
the
used to designate a typical member of a group or class: often followed by average Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
your in American English
(jur, jɔr, jour, unstressed jər)
pronoun
2.
one's (used to indicate that one belonging to oneself or to any person)
The consulate is your best source of information
As you go down the hill, the library is on your left
3.
(used informally to indicate all members of a group, occupation, etc., or things of a particular type)
Take your factory worker, for instance
Your power brakes don't need that much servicing
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Word origin
[bef. 900; ME; OE ēower (gen. of gē ye1); c. G euer]Examples of 'your' in a sentence
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your
British English: your
/jɔː; jʊə; jə/ DETERMINER
You use your to show that something belongs to the people that you are talking to.
I do like your name.
- American English: your /yʊər, yɔr/
- Arabic: الـخَاصُّ بِك
- Brazilian Portuguese: seu, seus
- Chinese: 您的
- Croatian: tvoj
- Czech: váš
- Danish: din
- Dutch: jouw
- European Spanish: tu
- Finnish: sinun tai teidän
- French: ton
- German: Ihr
- Greek: δικός σου
- Italian: tuo
- Japanese: あなたの
- Korean: 당신의
- Norwegian: din
- Polish: twój
- European Portuguese: seu, seus
- Romanian: al tău
- Russian: ваш
- Latin American Spanish: su
- Swedish: din
- Thai: ของคุณ
- Turkish: sizin
- Ukrainian: твій
- Vietnamese: của bạn
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