you're
/jɔː(ɹ)/
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unstressed/jə(ɹ)/
you're is the contraction of you.
you're is the misspelling of your.
Meaning of you
Pronoun
you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)
- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 208
- A person's favorite sports team.
- I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
Meaning of your
Determiner
your
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1
- A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
- Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
- That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
- Your man just bought a new car.
Forms of you're
| alternative form | yo're |
|---|---|
| alternative Internet (informal) | ur |
| alternative Internet (informal) | u're |
| alternative Internet (informal) | ure |
| alternative form (informal) | ya |
| alternative form (informal) | yer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | you'r |
Phrases with you're
- you're on
- you're fine
- you're good
- you're right
- you're alright
- you're kidding
- you're welcome
- you're the boss
- you're all right
- you're telling me
- you're the doctor
- now you're cooking
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- now you're talking
- I hope you're happy
- I'm rubber, you're glue
- while you're down there
- you're a long time dead
- are you sure you're sure
- you're welcome a million
- one strike and you're out
- you're killing me, smalls
- I'm rubber and you're glue
- when you're hot, you're hot
- three strikes and you're out
- you're never too old to learn
- nine you're fine, ten you're mine
- time flies when you're having fun
- if you're not Dutch, you're not much
- you're only as good as your last shift
- you don't know what you're talking about
- on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog
- on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
- you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire
- the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to get
- the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you're going to get
- beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you're in the clear
- when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp
Words that rhyme with you're
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- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
Questions about you're
- What is you're the contraction of?
- You're is the contraction of you.
- How do you pronounce you're?
- You're is pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/.
Words near you're in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: you're (page history and authors); you (page history and authors); your (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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