your
your Lexical Profile
your Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing.
"Please remember to bring your textbook to class tomorrow."
Belonging to or associated with any person in general; one's.
"Regular exercise is essential for maintaining your cardiovascular health."
Used informally to designate a typical, familiar, or well-known example of a specified type.
"This complex novel is not your average summer beach read."
• pronoun
The possessive determiner form of 'you', used before a noun to indicate possession, agency, or association with the person or people addressed.
"We appreciated your thoughtful feedback on the research proposal."
Used in formal titles of address before a noun denoting status, rank, or office.
"The defense rests its case, Your Honor."
Word Nuance & Usage
Frequently confused in writing with its homophone 'you're', which is the contraction of 'you are'. Unlike the absolute possessive pronoun 'yours', 'your' is a possessive determiner and must always precede a noun or noun phrase.
• Rhymes for your
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English your, from Old English eower, the genitive plural of ge ('ye'), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.