your Meaning & Definition
What Does Your Mean?
Your is an adjective that means of or relating to you or yourself or yourselves especially as possessor or possessors, agent or agents, or object or objects of an action. It is also used to mean of or relating to one or oneself.
Quick Facts About Your
| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /yər/ |
| Syllables | 1 |
Your Definition (Adjective)
- of or relating to you or yourself or yourselves especially as possessor or possessors, agent or agents, or object or objects of an action
your bodies / your contributions / your discharge
- of or relating to one or oneself
when you face the north, east is at your right
Synonyms of Your
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Your synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Your
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Your in a Sentence
Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
your bodies
your contributions
your discharge
when you face the north, east is at your right
your bodies / your contributions / your discharge
Word Forms & Grammar
your
Words That Rhyme With Your
Origin of Your
Origin 1: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you you
Origin 2: From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).
First Known Use
before 12th century
Pronouncing Your
Your is pronounced /yər/ and has 1 syllable.