you
/jʉː//jə//juː//ju/
verb
- 1
To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).
pronoun
- 1
(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
“Both of you should get ready now.”
- 2
(reflexive pronoun) (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.)
“You are all supposed to do as I tell you.”
- 5
(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- 6
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
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