you're

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See also: youre

English

Alternative forms

ur, u're, ure (informal, Internet, text messaging)
ya, yer (informal)
you'r (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(UK)
- (stressed) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r), IPA^(key): /jʊə(ɹ)/, /jɔː(ɹ)/
- (unstressed) IPA^(key): /jə(ɹ)/
(US):
- (stressed) enPR: yo͝or, yôr, IPA^(key): /jʊɹ/, /jɔɹ/
- (unstressed) IPA^(key): /jɚ/
- Audio (US) (stressed, /jɔɹ/) (file)
- Audio (US) (stressed, /jʊɹ/) (file)
- Audio (US) (unstressed) (file)
- Homophone: your (unstressed and some stressed)
- Homophone: yore (some stressed)
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

Contraction

you're

You are.
You’re smarter than I am!
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”

Determiner

you're

Misspelling of your.
- 2004 October 26, Digital Eclipse, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Rockstar Games, Inc., Game Boy Advance, scene: School's Out, level/area: Aspatria:
  You're ignorance is like a cry of help from the dark - I am multi-tongued and speak five variations of Spanish.

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