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. Darryl Strawberry:

   It’s a behavior that’s not good for anyone, but when you have an addictive personality — like addicts, and alcoholics, and sex addiction — it’s an addictive personality. And we turn it on and turn it off. And it’s not until you have an awakening in your life to get well on the inside, and so many people never get to that place.

2. Richard Pryor:

   I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

3. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP:

   To have spent 2/3 of your life at one job; to have raised 3 children and made a living doing something you’re so deeply passionate about is an absolute gift, i hope you’re proud, Dad…. because there are so many of us who sure are celebrating this milestone.

4. Stanton Glantz:

   To have people mixing their own e-cigarette liquid is crazy. These are very toxic chemicals, if you drop a little bit of nicotine on your skin, it can send you to the hospital.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   Oh God, don’t you want us to live, to stop killing ourselves? Will they come to see me when I die? Which begs the question, what about now? They say you need other people in your life, but do they need you? Do they?

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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