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your

your

1.0
Something that belongs to the person or people you are speaking to
  • pronoun
  • /jʊr/
translation icon : tu (informal)
  • Where do you draw your own strength from?
  • your own
  • make your
  • get your

And where does that meet your art, right?

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Examples

  • Guide Star offers a free registration to post your project publicly for potential funders to find.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You will be responsible for most, if not all, of your tuition and related expenses.

    Academic text (2011)
  • First, tell the person in your life the truth.

  • Stop trying to make your thing my thing.

  • My job is weird, but your job is weird.

  • Thank you for sharing your life with us.

  • Don't turn on the TV in your room please.

  • I don't want to waste your money or your time.

  • Eat your protein next and then eat your carbs last.

  • I appreciate your input on this project.

Idioms

120 7.8

A question asking why someone is upset or acting angry

Be careful when you move and act to avoid danger and trouble

50 6.2

To surprise someone a lot and make them feel excited

in your world
  • Informal
46 8.2

From someone's own view, often different from real life

in your face
  • Informal
43 8.1

Bold and aggressive to get attention or challenge others

35 5.8

Tell someone not to ask about or get involved in other people's lives

24 9.9

To put your life in order and take care of your tasks

To understand when someone is having a hard time and show you care

To avoid saying rude or offensive words when you speak

Choose any one you want from the options

To try to reach a personal goal despite problems

16 4.2

Allow someone to do or choose what they want

You use it when telling someone something they may not know, often politely or to show they were wrong

in your shoes
  • Informal
12 4.6

To imagine you are in someone else's situation and act or feel the same way

12 8.1

Not do anything when action is needed

11 4.1

To get noticed for your work in an area, for example in art or business

Believe someone can make good decisions

9 5.3

Tell someone what you feel or need instead of using actions

8 3.5

Ready for you now or about to happen

To discover and show your own style when you speak or create

8 6.1

To answer or act quickly and clearly when something unexpected happens

8 3.0

Ready to use or find when you need it

7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

Stop paying attention to what is important

in your sleep
  • Informal
6 2.7

Very easily, almost without thinking

Ready and alert to notice danger or problems

watch your ass
  • Offensive
6 9.9

Be very careful because you could get into trouble

To decide what is most important to do

5 8.2

To become very sick from being outside in the cold, often said as a warning

To be for a certain person, often you

4 7.0

To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information

Risk all your money or chances on one plan

4 7.5

To misunderstand each other because of poor communication

Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker

Show support by giving money or doing something to help

3 7.4

To ask someone what they are thinking when they have been silent

3 7.0

To stay too long as a guest so the host wants you to leave

To make quick decisions without a plan

on your high horse
  • Offensive
3 8.6

Acting like you are better than other people

To become upset or worried about small things

To become very upset about a small problem

Make someone feel tougher or more manly, often said as a joke

Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever

2 9.2

To ask someone informally what alcoholic drink they want

to bend your ear
  • Informal
1 7.9

To talk to someone for a long time in a way that annoys them

up to your neck
  • Informal
1 7.9

Very involved in a difficult situation with too much to do

A formal invitation asking someone to come to an event

1 9.9

A phrase people say when something is easy to do

1 8.1

Do not expect it to happen soon or at all

1 9.5

Asking someone if people have just been talking about them

fuck your mother
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A very rude insult that shows extreme anger at someone by insulting their mother

1 9.9

Threaten someone with very serious punishment, often as a joke

Compounds

24 1.0

The place at your right side when you face forward

in-your-face
  • Informal
8 8.4

Very bold and rude in a way that forces people to notice

7 7.9

A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened

Your Dukeness
  • Informal
9.9

A playful or polite way to speak to someone as if they were a duke

Your Maj
  • Informal
9.9

A joking way to talk to a king or queen

Surface Forms

your subject case
yours possessive pronoun
yourself reflexive

Etymology

The word your is just the 'belongs to you' form of you, formed long ago by adding a small ending to show ownership. So your tells us that something belongs to the person you are speaking to.