you're

See also: youre

English

Alternative forms

• ur, u're, ure (informal, Internet, text messaging)
• ya, yer (informal)
• you'r (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (stressed form) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r), IPA^(key): /jʊə(ɹ)/, /jɔː(ɹ)/
  • (unstressed form) IPA^(key): /jə(ɹ)/
• (US):
  • (stressed form) enPR: yo͝or, yôr, IPA^(key): /jʊɹ/, /jɔɹ/
  • (unstressed form) IPA^(key): /jɚ/

  • Audio (US, stressed form); /jɔɹ/:

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  • Audio (US, stressed form); /jʊɹ/:

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  • Audio (US, unstressed form):

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  • Homophone: your (unstressed form, also sometimes stressed form)
  • Homophone: yore (sometimes stressed form)
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

Contraction

you're

1. You are.

   You’re smarter than I am!

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”

Determiner

you're

1. Misspelling of your.
   • 2004 October 26, Digital Eclipse, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Rockstar Games, Inc., Game Boy Advance, scene: School's Out, level/area: Aspatria:

     You're ignorance is like a cry of help from the dark - I am multi-tongued and speak five variations of Spanish.