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your

your [ stressed yawr, yoor, unstressed yər ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. belonging to person spoken to: refers to something that belongs to or relates to the person who is being spoken to
What's your phone number?

2. belonging or relating to somebody: refers to something that belongs or relates to an unspecified person or people in general
The house is on your left as you come down the street.

3. indicates typicality: refers to somebody or something as a typical example of a familiar type ( informal )
your typical neighborhood park

[ Old English ēower< (see ye1)]

Spelling Note
your or you're?

Do not confuse the spelling of your and you're, which sound similar. The word your indicates possession: Your [not You're] e-mail password must be protected. You're is a contraction of "you are": You're [not Your] protecting your e-mail password, aren't you?

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