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you've

UK/juːv/

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Northumbria/iːv/

you've is the contraction of you.

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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Forms of you've

alternative formyo've
alternative misspellingyouve
alternative Internet (informal)u've

Words formed from you've

Phrases with you've

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Words that rhyme with you've

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Questions about you've

What is you've the contraction of?
You've is the contraction of you.
How do you pronounce you've?
You've is pronounced /juːv/ (UK).

Words near you've in the dictionary

  1. you're welcome a million
  2. you'ren't
  3. you's
  4. you'se
  5. you'uns
  6. you've
  7. you've got to be in it to win it
  8. you've got to be kidding me
  9. you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
  10. you've got to laugh
  11. you've gotta be kidding me

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