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ALL meanings of you

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  • pronoun you second person singular: subject 1
  • pronoun you second person plural: subject 1
  • pronoun you second person singular: object 1
  • pronoun you second person plural: object 1
  • pronoun you one, everyone 1
  • pronoun you anyone 1
  • pronoun you emphatic address to more than one person 1
  • pronoun you direct address to one person 1
  • noun plural you something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed: Don't buy the bright red shirt—it just isn't you. It was like seeing another you. 1
  • noun plural you the nature or character of the person addressed: Try to discover the hidden you. 1
  • verb with object you to address as “thou.”. 1
  • verb without object you to use “thou” in discourse. 1
  • noun you Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. 1
  • pronoun you A speaker or writer uses you to refer to the person or people that they are talking or writing to. It is possible to use you before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are talking to. 0
  • pronoun you In spoken English and informal written English, you is sometimes used to refer to people in general. 0
  • plural pronoun you In some dialects of English, yous is sometimes used instead of 'you' when talking to two or more people. 0
  • pronoun you refers to the person addressed or to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speaker 0
  • pronoun you refers to an unspecified person or people in general 0
  • pronoun you a dialect word for yourself or yourselves 0
  • pronoun you (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. 0
  • noun you the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it 0
  • pronoun you (reflexive, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. 0
  • pronoun you the person to whom one is speaking or writing: personal pronoun in the second person (sing. & pl.) 0
  • pronoun you (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.). 0
  • pronoun you any person 0
  • pronoun you (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.). 0
  • pronoun you (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.). 0
  • pronoun you (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). 0
  • verb you (Transitive Verb) To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal. 0
  • determiner you The individual or group spoken or written to. 0
  • determiner you Used before epithets for emphasis. 0
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