you

pron

1. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular)The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

   “Both of you should get ready now.”

   “I'll look up you and your sister.”

   “And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies.”

2. (US, colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, reflexive, second-person, singular)(To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

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

   “And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city.”

   “'Draw near, and wash you in the living flames, and take their virtue into your poor frames in all its virgin strength[.]'”

   “‘Pull you up a chair,’ she offered.”

   “You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.”

3. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular)The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

   “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. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective)The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)

   “You are all supposed to do as I tell you.”

   “Are you excited? ― Yes, I am excited!”

5. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective)The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)

   “You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.”

6. (colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective)A person's favorite sports team.

   “I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.”

7. (indefinite, nominative, objective, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular)Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

   “The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain.”

   “You can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?”

8. (indefinite, nominative, objective, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular)A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something.

   “You get a lot of rude people in London.”

   “It was one of those small-town dive bars you often read about.”

   “You find a lot of 'life' in the city but much of it is an act people are putting on.”

   “You get some terrible bullies in Spanish villages too , and they'll doubtless grow up to be complete oafs.”

   “You often hear about athletes having the jitters before a game, or having butterflies in their stomach.”

9. (alt-of, honorific)Honorific alternative letter-case form of you, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

det

1. The individual or group spoken or written to.

   “Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?”

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

   “You idiot!”

   “'You genius!' I shouted in Aretta's ear. 'You absolute genius! Why didn't you tell us you were so good?'”

3. (nonstandard)Your.

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

   ““No. I need a ride into Buenos Aires. You remember what we arranged?” “You wife’s a-gonna give a-birt?” “That’s right. Are you free?””

   ““You oyster gravy, Massa Sam,” said Ella, ladling a couple of spoonfuls over the rice.”

verb

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

   “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.”

   “Now even Princess Anne had dropped it. Sarah had heard her youing away on television the other night just like the inhabitants of her mother’s dominions beyond the seas.”

   “But even having my very own personal pronoun was risky, because it’s pretty tough to keep stopped-hope stopped up when you are getting all youed up, when someone you really like keeps promising you scary, fun, exciting stuff—and even tougher for the^([sic]) of that moment to remain securely devoid of hope, to make smart, self-denying decisions with Dad you'''ing me—the long ooo of it broad and extended, like a hand.”

noun

1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

   “‘Eff. You. En,’ said Mr Banstead. ‘Fun![…]’”

   “It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."”

   “‘S-S-C…sitting on a tree…eff-you-cee-kay-i-en-ji.’”

name

1. (countable)A surname from Chinese
2. (countable, historical, uncountable)A former prefecture of China.
3. (Chinese, countable, uncountable)Synonym of Youzhou, one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend.