you

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ju/]

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Senses

1. you (pron) — sense 1

Definition: The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

Example: Both of you should get ready now.

2. you (pron) — sense 2

Definition: (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

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

3. you (pron) — sense 3

Definition: The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

Example: I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.

4. you (det) — sense 4

Definition: The individual or group spoken or written to.

Example: Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?

5. you (det) — sense 5

Definition: Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

Example: You idiot!

6. you (det) — sense 6

Definition: Your.

Example: Tell me about ’e barber who shaved you hair so close,—was he kind to you?

7. you (verb) — sense 7

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

Example: Youing consists in relating everything in the conversation to the person you wish to flatter, and introducing the word “you” into your speech as often as possible.

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