your

UK /jɔː(ɹ)/ US /jɔː(ɹ)/
det 4contraction 1pron 1

Definitions

det

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.

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

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?

contraction

1

Misspelling of you're.

In a possible case of nominative determinism, [Harry] Styles clearly demonstrated his penchant for grammar at a 2015 show, adding an apostrophe and an E to a Philadelphia fan’s sign so it said “You’re so nice” rather than “your so nice” (he then wrote “thank you – love, Harry” and gave it back, in case there was any doubt about the sign’s message).

pron

1

Honorific alternative letter-case form of your, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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