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your

/jɔː(ɹ)/

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archaic/jʊə(ɹ)/

your determiner: belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). Also the misspelling of you're.

Determiner

your

  1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    • Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
    • Is this your cat?
  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.
    • Your Show of Shows
  4. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
    • Your man just bought a new car.
    • Have you seen what your one over there is doing?

Pronoun capitalized: Your

Your

  1. (honorific) Honorific alternative letter-case form of your, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
    • Your Honor

Also used as

your is also the misspelling of you're.

your meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

your in Hindi

belonging to you (singular; one owner)
तेरा terā, तुम्हारा tumhārā, आपका āpkā
belonging to you (plural; more owners)
आपका āpkā

your in Tamil

belonging to you (singular; one owner)
உன் uṉ, உங்கள் uṅkaḷ
belonging to you (plural; more owners)
உங்கள் uṅkaḷ

your in Urdu

belonging to you (singular; one owner)
تیرا terā, تمہارا tumhārā, آپ کا āp kā
belonging to you (plural; more owners)
آپ کا āp kā

your in Bengali

belonging to you (singular; one owner)
তোর tor, তোমার tomar, আপনার apnar
belonging to you (plural; more owners)
তোদের toder, তোমাদের tomader, আপনাদের apnader
More languagesFewer languages
your in Telugu
మీ mī, నీ nī
your in Odia
ତୋର tora, ତୁମର tumara, ତୁମ୍ଭର tumbhara
your in Sinhala
ඔයාගේ oyāgē
your in Assamese
তোৰ tür, তোমাৰ tümar, আপোনাৰ apünar
your in Tagalog
iyo, inyo
your in Arabic
ـك -k, ـكُم -kum, ـكُنَّ -kunna, ـكُمَا -kumā
your in Indonesian
kamu, Anda, kalian
your in Persian
ـت -at, تو to
your in Thai
ของคุณ kŏng kun

Examples of your in a sentence

  • Your World with Neil Cavuto
  • Not Your Average Travel Guide
  • Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18...

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Forms of your

alternative formyo
alternative formyo'
alternative pronunciation-spellingyoh
alternative pronunciation-spellingyur
alternative Internet (informal)ur
alternative form (informal)ya
alternative form (informal)yer
alternative form (informal)yr

Origin of your

From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).

Words formed from your

Phrases with your

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Words that rhyme with your

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Questions about your

What does your mean?
Your means belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
What is your in Hindi?
Your in Hindi is तेरा (terā), तुम्हारा (tumhārā), आपका (āpkā). See Your meaning in Hindi.
How do you use your in a sentence?
Your World with Neil Cavuto
What part of speech is your?
Your can be a determiner or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce your?
Your is pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/.

Words near your in the dictionary

  1. Yountz
  2. Younus
  3. youpon
  4. youpons
  5. YouPube
  6. your
  7. your all's
  8. your arse
  9. your ass
  10. your barn door is open
  11. your blood's worth bottling

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