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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< gē (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?