Meaning

(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object..

Definitions by Sense

1. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
5. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. (subject pronoun, colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.
7. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
8. (indefinite personal pronoun) 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.

Example Sentences

Both of you should get ready now.

I'll look up you and your sister.

And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies.

If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city.

'Draw near, and wash you in the living flames, and take their virtue into your poor frames in all its virgin strength[.]'

‘Pull you up a chair,’ she offered.

You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.

Word Forms

• your
• yours
• yourself
• yourselves
• ye
• ya
• yah
• yer
• yeh
• y'
• yo
• yu
• yuh
• yew
• yoo
• yow
• u
• yuo
• youe
• yowe
• -cha
• -ja
• yous
• youing
• youed

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When Should You Use You?

Use you when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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