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Definitions for You

[1] the pronoun of the second person singular or plural, used of the person or persons being addressed, in the nominative or objective case: You are the highest bidder. It is you who are to blame. We can't help you. This package came for you. Did she give you the book?
[2] one; anyone; people in general: a tiny animal you can't even see.
[3] (used in apposition with the subject of a sentence, sometimes repeated for emphasis following the subject): You children pay attention. You rascal, you!
[4] Informal . (used in place of the pronoun your before a gerund): There's no sense in you getting upset.
[5] Archaic . yourself; yourselves: Get you home. Make you ready. a plural form of the pronoun ye1.
[6] something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed: Don't buy the bright red shirt—it just isn't you. It was like seeing another you.
[7] the nature or character of the person addressed: Try to discover the hidden you.
[8] Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose . the personal pronoun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill.
[9] (used by the Friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
[10] to address as “thou.”
[11] to use “thou” in discourse.
[12] refers to the person addressed or to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speaker you know better ; the culprit is among you
[13] Also: one refers to an unspecified person or people in general you can't tell the boys from the girls
[14] mainly US a dialect word for yourself or yourselves you should get you a wife now See yourself
[15] informal the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it that hat isn't really you
[16] you know what or you know who a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
[17] archaic , dialect refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
[18] (usually capital) refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
[19] one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
[20] informal short for thousand

Words nearby You

yoshihito, yoshkar-ola, yotta-, yottabyte, yottahertz, you, you bet your ass, you better believe it, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Origin of You

thou1before 900; Middle English; Old English thū; cognate with German, Middle Dutch du, Old Norse thū, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý, Lithuanian tù, OCS ty; akin to Sanskrit tvam; (v.) late Middle English thowen, derivative of the pronoun

Words that may be confused with You

ewe, yew, you, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for You

thouOld English thū; related to Old Saxon thū, Old High German du, Old Norse thū, Latin tū, Doric Greek tu