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Pronunciation: /jɔː, jʊə/
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Definition of your

determiner

  • 1belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing:what is your name?
  • 2belonging to or associated with any person in general:the sight is enough to break your heart
  • informal used to denote someone or something that is familiar or typical of its kind:I’m just your average man in the street she is one of your chatty types
  • 3 (Your) used when addressing the holder of certain titles:Your Majesty Your Excellency

Origin:

Old English ēower, genitive of gē (see ye1), of Germanic origin; related to German euer

Note the difference between the possessive your (as in what is your name?) and the contraction you’re, meaning ‘you are’ (as in you’re looking well). Note also that neither your nor yours should be written with an apostrophe.

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