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Is you a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of you?
Definition
pron (English)
1. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.Examples: "Both of you should get ready now."; "And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies."nominativeobjectivepluralsecond-personsingular
2. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.Examples: "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[.]'"UScolloquialnominativeobjectivepluralpronounreflexivesecond-personsingular
3. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)Examples: "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."nominativeobjectivepluralsecond-personsingular
4. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)Examples: "You are all supposed to do as I tell you."; "Are you excited? ― Yes, I am excited!"nominativeobjectivepluralpronounsecond-personsingularsubjective
5. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)Examples: "You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid."nominativeobjectivepluralpronounsecond-personsingularsubjective
6. (object pronoun, colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.Examples: "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."colloquialnominativeobjectivepluralsecond-personsingular
verb (English)
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).Examples: "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."transitive
name (English)
1. (countable) A surname from Chinesecountable
2. (historical) A former prefecture of China.countablehistoricaluncountable
3. (Chinese mythology) Synonym of Youzhou, one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend.Synonyms: Youzhou, one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legendChinesecountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary