Friday, April 27, 2007

you

you (yū)
pron.

1. Used to refer to the one or ones being addressed: I'll lend you the book. You shouldn't work so hard. See Regional Note at you-all, you-uns.
2. Used to refer to an indefinitely specified person; one: You can't win them all.
3. Nonstandard. Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: You might want to get you another pair of shoes. See Note at me.

[Middle English, from Old English ēow, dative and accusative of gē, ye, you.]

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