Yours
(a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective):
which cup is yours? is she a friend of yours?
that which belongs to you:
yours was the first face i recognized.
archaic (except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose) the personal pr-noun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed):
thou shalt not kill.
(used by the friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
to address as “thou.”.
to use “thou” in discourse.
the pr-noun 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?
one; anyone; people in general:
a tiny animal you can’t even see.
(used in apposition with the subject of a sentence, sometimes repeated for emphasis following the subject):
you children pay attention. you rascal, you!
informal. (used in place of the pr-noun your before a gerund):
there’s no sense in you getting upset.
archaic.
yourself; yourselves:
get you home. make you ready.
a plural form of the pr-noun ye1 .
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.
the nature or character of the person addressed:
try to discover the hidden you.
contemporary examples
to the woman warrior i didn’t know monsoon bissell january 4, 2013
‘citizen kane’ v. ‘vertigo’: why ‘kane’ fell in the sight and sound poll richard rushfield july 31, 2012
imagining a palestinian economy amal daraghmeh masri june 7, 2012
the supremes get it right, naturally. sam kean june 13, 2013
leonard bernstein asked about hemingway, so martha gellhorn set the record straight leonard bernstein, martha gellhorn october 26, 2013
historical examples
almayer’s folly joseph conrad
still jim honor willsie morrow
memoirs of the jacobites of 1715 and 1745. mrs. thomson
deerbrook harriet martineau
the magic world edith nesbit
pr-noun
something or someone belonging to or -ssociated in some way with you: i’ve eaten yours
your family: greetings to you and yours
used in conventional closing phrases at the end of a letter: yours sincerely, yours faithfully
of yours, belonging to or -ssociated with you
(jocular) what’s yours?, what would you like to drink?
pr-noun (subjective or objective)
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
also one. refers to an unspecified person or people in general: you can’t tell the boys from the girls
(mainly us) a dialect word for yourself or yourselves: you should get you a wife now see yourself
noun
(informal) the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it: that hat isn’t really you
you know what, you know who, a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
pr-noun (subjective)
(archaic, dialect) refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
(usually capital) refers to g-d when addressed in prayer, etc
noun (pl) thous, thou
one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
(informal) short for thousand
pr-n.
avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! i am come of good kin, i tell thee! [“hickscorner,” c.1530]
a brief history of the second person pr-noun in english can be found here.
thousand
you bet your -ss
you better believe it
you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
you can say that again
you can’t take it with you
you can’t win
you can’t win ’em all
you could cut it with a knife
you don’t say
you get what you pay for
you just don’t get it
you know
you know something
you name it
you never can tell
you said it
you scratch my back and i’ll scratch yours
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