you're

UK/jɔː(ɹ)/UK/jʊə(ɹ)/UK/juːə(ɹ)/UK, unstressed/jə(ɹ)/

A form of you — The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

Meanings

contraction

alternative Internet informal ur · alternative Internet informal u're · alternative Internet informal ure · alternative informal ya · alternative informal yer · alternative obsolete you'r · alternative yo're

  1. abbreviationcontractionContraction of you + are.

    You’re smarter than I am!

    1 more example

    “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.[…]”

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

alternative Internet informal ur · alternative Internet informal u're · alternative Internet informal ure · alternative informal ya · alternative informal yer · alternative obsolete you'r · alternative yo're

  1. misspellingMisspelling of your.

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

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

    I’ve said it behind your back, and I’ll say it to you’re face; you’re a gentleman from the top of your head to the end of your big-toe nail!

    1845 August 12, “Court-Martial of Mrs. Haycock (Concluded.)”, in Alex H. Arthur, editor, Vicksburg Tri-Weekly Whig, volume VII, number 130, Vicksburg, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 5

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with you're

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Sounds the same

ewer (one pronunciation)your (unstressed form, also sometimes stressed form)yore (sometimes stressed form)ewer (one pronunciation)your (unstressed form, also sometimes stressed form)yore (sometimes stressed form)
Cite this entry
APA

you're. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you're

MLA

“you're.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you're. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you're,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you're.

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