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.
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 iuwērWord Frequency
your 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.
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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
- 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 ของท่าน
- Turkish: sizin
- Ukrainian: твій
- Vietnamese: của bạn
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