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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)

  1. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
    • Both of you should get ready now.
  2. (US, colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun) (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...
  3. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) 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
  4. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
    • You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
  5. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) 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
  6. (colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person) 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.

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Meaning of your

Determiner

your

  1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    • Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
  2. 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
  3. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
    • Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
  4. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
    • Your man just bought a new car.

Forms of you're

alternative formyo'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

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Words that rhyme with you're

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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

  1. you'll live
  2. you'll never guess
  3. you'll've
  4. you'ns
  5. you'r
  6. you're
  7. you're a long time dead
  8. you're all right
  9. you're alright
  10. you're fine
  11. you're good

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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