you

Plural: yous

Pron

• The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
• (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
• The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
• The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
• The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
• A person's favorite sports team.
• Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
• A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something.

Det

• The individual or group spoken or written to.
• Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

Verb

• To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

Noun

• The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

General

• The second-person pronoun, singular or plural.

Examples

• Both of you should get ready now.
• Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
• 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.
• If YOU play this word, it will guarantee a bingo, securing your Words With Friends victory.
• It was one of those small-town dive bars you often read about.
• You get a lot of rude people in London.
• You idiot!

Synonyms

Britain), Canada), New Zealand, North America (United States, all y'all, allyou, one, oonuh, people, plus the alternative forms and at Appendix:English personal pronouns, thee, them, they, thou, to thee, to ye, to you, to you all, wunna, y'all, y'ins, y'uns, ye, yeens, yens, yer, yins, yinz, yis, yiz, yoons, you, you [number], you all, you guys (Australia, you lot, you man, you people, you'uns, you-uns, yous, youse, youz, yuns, yunz

Related Words

'em, :Category:English second person pronouns, Appendix:English personal pronouns, Ime, The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun, all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys', all yours y'all's you guys' your guys', archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun., he, her, herselfhersen, hershern, him, himselfhisselfhissen, his, hishisn, including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete, ithit, itselfhitself, itshis, itshishits, me, mine, mymineme, myselfmemysen, one, one's, oneself, our, ourselvesourselfoursen, oursourn, she, thee, their, theirs, theirstheirn, them, themhem, themself, themselves, themselvestheirsen, they, thine, thou, thyselftheeselfthysen, thythine, us, we, y'allselves, you ally'all you guys, your, yourselfyoursen, yourselves, yoursyourn, youye, –

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