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you

/jə/ pronoun A1
  1. The people spoken, or written to, as an object. · Both of you should get ready now.· I'll look up you and your sister.
  2. (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. (US, colloquial)
  3. The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
  4. The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.) · You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
  5. The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
  6. A person's favorite sports team. (colloquial)
  7. Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
  8. A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something. · You get a lot of rude people in London.· It was one of those small-town dive bars you often read about.

Plural yourselves

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I suppose I had, too, but how are you going to find out about things if you don’t ask questions?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1
Would you rather I didn’t talk?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1
If you say so I’ll stop.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1
“But tell me, Dantès, if you had command of the Pharaon should you be glad to see Danglars remain?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 11 · C1

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.