Definitions for your
yʊər, yɔr, yoʊr; unstressed yəryour

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 14 votes

1. yourpronoun

   Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

2. yourpronoun

   Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

3. yourpronoun

   A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.

4. Etymology: From eower.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yourpronoun.

   Etymology: eower , Saxon.

   1. Belonging to you. It is used properly when we speak to more than one, and ceremoniously and customarily when to only one.

   Either your unparagoned mistress is dead, or she’s outprized by a trifle. William Shakespeare.

   2. Your is used in an indeterminate sense.

   Every true man’s apparel fits your thief: if it be too little for your thief, your true man thinks it big enough. If it be too big for your thief, your thief thinks it little enough; so every true man’s apparel fits your thief. William Shakespeare.

   There is a great affinity between coins and poetry, and your medallist and critick are much nearer related than the world imagine. Joseph Addison, on ancient Medals.

   A disagreement between these seldom happens, but among your antiquaries and schoolmen. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   3. Yours is used when the substantive goes before or is understood; as this is your book, this book is yours.

   Pray for this man and for his issue,
   Whose heavy hand hath bow’d you to the grave,
   And beggar’d yours for ever. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   That done, our day of marriage shall be yours,
   One feast, one house, one mutual happiness. William Shakespeare.

   This kiss, if it durst speak,
   Would stretch thy spirits up into the air:
   Conceive and fare thee well. ——
   —— Yours in the ranks of death. ———— William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   He is forsworn, if e’er those eyes of yours
   Behold another day break in the east. William Shakespeare.

   While the sword this monarchy secures,
   ’Tis manag’d by an abler hand than yours. Dryden.

   My wealth, my city and myself are yours. Dryden.

   It is my employment to revive the old of past ages to the present, as it is yours to transmit the young of the present to the future. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. your

   In Modern English, you is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. your

   "Your" is a possessive pronoun used to indicate ownership or association with the person or group being spoken to or referred to. It is usually used to show possession or responsibility for something.

2. Your

   "Your" is a possessive pronoun used to indicate something that belongs to or is associated with the person or people being addressed or referred to. It denotes ownership or possession in relation to the person or group mentioned.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Your

   the form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you

2. Etymology: [OE. your, our, eowr, eower, AS. ewer, originally used as the gen. of ge, g, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwr, G. euer, Icel. yar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. 189. See You.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Your

   ūr, pron. poss. of you: belonging to you: (Shak.) used to denote a class or species well known, the use implying something of contempt.—Yourn (prov.), yours. [A.S. eówer. Cf. Ye.]

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. YOUR

   What does YOUR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the YOUR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'your' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #80

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'your' in Written Corpus Frequency: #64

How to pronounce your?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say your in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of your in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of your in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of your in a Sentence

1. Amanda Kloots:

   Both of my husbands, I met doing Broadway shows, we became friends first, then we got married. Obviously with Nick Cordero, we had a child. I've never actually had to date. And I just started dating again and it is so crazy to be dating for the first time at 39 years old. And it's quite terrifying and really out of your element, and it's just, it's hard.

2. John Selden:

   In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

3. Jillian Graham, Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul:

   Never let a stain from the past put a mark on your future.

4. Beth Kallmyer:

   And it might bring back some memories of a time you had with your family going to the dime store or whatnot, there’s amazing memorabilia, pictures of old celebrities, old movie posters in the theater.

5. Peggy Flanagan:

   I saw a young woman who seemed really troubled, and the ticket agent continued to say, 'you can't take it on; you're going to have to check your bag,' she kept saying, 'I have a medical device I need to bring with me on the plane,' over and over, visibly upset.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Your
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=your
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=your