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PRONUNCIATION:  yr,   yôr, yr; yr when unstressed
ADJECTIVE:The possessive form of you1. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments. 2. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right. 3. Informal Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener: your basic three-story frame house.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old English ower, genitive of g, ye. See you.
 
 
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