You (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

pronoun, possessive your or yours,objective you,plural 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. (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.
noun, plural yous.
  1. 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.
  2. the nature or character of the person addressed: Try to discover the hidden you.
pronoun (subjective or objective)
  1. refers to the person addressed or to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speaker
  2. refers to an unspecified person or people in general
  3. a dialect word for yourself or yourselves
noun
  1. the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it
  2. a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
You (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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