YOUR

Definition: YOUR

YOUR

Pronoun & adjective

1. The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "YOUR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: YOUR

What would your wife think (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

All that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Your evil says you cannot be evil, and I shall suffer for it no longer (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Well, enough rage and helplessness and your love turns to something else (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Keep your shirt on, old-timer (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Don't go wasting your emotion (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba)

You turned your back on love for the last time (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

I'm still on your side (Still On Your Side; performing artist: BBMak)

That I'm lost without your love (Lost Without Your Love; performing artist: BREAD)

I can be your fantasy (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David)

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. (references; author: Bob Hope)

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. (references; author: Woody Allen)

If your fear that people will know, don't do it. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Put your creed in your deed. (references; author: unknown)

I need not your needles, they're needless to me; for kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see; but did my neat knickers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. (references; author: unknown)

Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir? (references; author: unknown)

How's Your Father? (1974)

I Spit on Your Corpse! (1974)

Your Hit Parade (1974)

Pay Your Buffalo Bill (1973)

Harry in Your Pocket (1973)

Your State's Name Here (performing artist: Lou and Peter Berryman)

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN  (performing artist: Stills & Nash  Crosby)

May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (performing artist: Little Jimmy Dickens)

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (performing artist: Lonnie Donegan)

GO YOUR OWN WAY  (performing artist: Fleetwood Mac )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• From Baby to Bikini: Keep Your Midsection Toned Safely During Pregnancy and Flatten Your Abdominals Fast After Your Have Your Baby (reference)

• The Shy Bladder Syndrome: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Overcoming Paruresis (reference)

• Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics: How You Can Supercharge Your Immune System and Fight Infection (reference)

• Rose and Twinkleberry's Guide to Building Your Own Puzzles Using LEGO Building Blocks (reference)

• The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• For Your Information (reference)

• Oil And Natural Gas Producing Industry In Your State (reference)

• Smithsonian In Your Classroom (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Animal Alphabet: Learning Your ABCs with Animals (reference)

• Reiki Psychic Attunement - Open & Expand Your Psychic Abilities (reference)

• Yoga Inside & Out: Exploring Your Chakras with Batsheva (Seven Half-Hour Classes for All levels of Ability, A Two-Volume Set) (reference)

• Accomplish Your Goals (reference)

• Designing A Measurement System For Your Employee Involvement Activities (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Airs Above Your Station (reference)

• Achieving Your Ideal Weight (reference)

• Power Classics: Classical Music For Your Active Lifestyle, Volume Five (reference)

• Power Classics-Classical Music For Your Active Lifestyle, Vol. 1 (reference)

• Afterburner: Your Gabber Nightmare (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• COSMI Your Business Partner (reference)

• Your Handwriting 2 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Lenox Butler's Pantry "At Your Service" Cheese Spreaders (Set of 4) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A female patient is lying on a bed with a technician positioning the patient's head in preparation for radiotherapy. This photograph was used in the NCI publication "When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer". Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer).

This slide shows the front and back of a box of Kellogs Bran Flakes. The back panel shows "To Your Health: Preventive Health Tips From The National Cancer Institute". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Because the smallpox (vaccinia virus) vaccine is "live", you can spread it to other people, as well as to other parts of your own body. Credit: CDC.

Imagine turning your home computer into the equivalent of a professional telescope which can ... Credit: NASA.

Want to learn more about your favorite star or galaxy? NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures ... Credit: NASA.

If you're up to your hips in alligators, it must be Florida An alligator farm in Florida. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

When you're up to your knees in pollock you must be on the MILLER FREEMAN. Credit: Fisheries.

Dairy Cow -- In Your Face. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Pick your own strawberries in Texas. Credit: USDA.

Soybeans have found their way into an eye-opening array of foods. And thanks to ARS research, soybeans have been incorporated into a host of nonfood products. These range from your morning newspaper printed with so oil-based ink to lipstick, plastics. flooring, paints, and stain-removing cleaners. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Children, obey your parents, &c. (Second Treatise of Government)

In one word, you reproach us with intending to do away with your property. (reference)

If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. (reference)

Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

Your friend Harriet will make a much longer history when you see her.

And her little Bessie comes to school every day, and passes your lodgings

Your uncle Scrooge

Your sin is left behind you, in the days long past

Take your time

Your name is like Latin

Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again

We wait upon your Grace

We got to look over your stuff

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Your peak flow meter. (references)

Your skin may darken. (references)

Limit your activities. (references)

Business

Finally, talk to your banker. (references)

It is polite to accept a drink with your host. (references)

Or, you may sell to retailers at higher than your regular FOB prices. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

On June 5, state security officials placed a wreath on Diosdado's grave with the words "To Taino, from your brothers in Security," an allegation that the deceased had collaborated with state security forces. (references)

Guyana

Police alleged that Benschop incited officers to murder the Police Commissioner by stating, "I am calling on all police officers to turn your weapons on Laurie Lewis." The trials of both Waddell and Benschop were postponed; the DPP requested additional time to appoint a prosecutor. (references)

Kazakhstan

President Nazarbayev asked "What are akims for? Is it really difficult for you to use your powers to monitor the legality of the activities of (religious groups)--closing them, if necessary? It has become fashionable to build mosques, churches, and prayer houses willy-nilly on land set aside by akims, but nobody is asking whether the mosques and churches are needed." Representatives of Jehovah's Witnesses alleged continuing incidents of harassment by a number of local governments. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Your customers want to get to know you before they will trust you. (references)

Ukraine

Never put your fate in the hands of the unpredictable Ukrainian courts. (references)

Austria

Don't hesitate to ask us your questions about doing business in Austria. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

The HRITC publishes the quarterly human rights journal Our Rights and regularly prints and distributes a brochure entitled "Know Your Rights." Several donors have supported the HRITC. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

Check with your air carrier for further information and the appropriate forms. (references)

New Zealand

Banks operate on an "at your own risk" policy for both management and depositors. (references)

Travel

Austria

Make things easy for your customer. (references)

Mexico

Leave these in a hotel safe, not in your room. (references)

Indonesia

Do not show the soles of your shoes when seated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Your chains

Your bonds

Expressions using "YOUR": a penny for your thoughts ♦ a penny for your thoughts! ♦ after your recipe ♦ all your base are belong to us ♦ answer to your name! ♦ as regards your letter ♦ at your beck and call ♦ at your brother's ♦ at your command ♦ at your convenience ♦ at your cost ♦ at your discretion ♦ at your earliest convenience ♦ at your leisure ♦ at your orders ♦ at your own sweet will ♦ at your peril ♦ at your place ♦ at your request ♦ at your responsibility ♦ at your service ♦ be your age! ♦ beg your pardon ♦ beg your pardon! ♦ beg your pardon? ♦ best regards to your people! ♦ blowing your buffer ♦ by your leave ♦ by your leave! ♦ by your side ♦ can i take your order? ♦ can you give me your light? ♦ come off your perch! ♦ contain your anger! ♦ did you do your exercise ♦ do not cram your writing so much! ♦ do your best ♦ do your part! ♦ do your stuff! ♦ don't count your chickens before they are hatched ♦ don't poke your nose everywhere! ♦ don't raise your voice! ♦ don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs ♦ down with your money ♦ eat your fill! ♦ finish your glass! ♦ for your guidance ♦ for Your Information ♦ for your own good ♦ for your own sake ♦ for your sake ♦ for your sake! ♦ give in your name ♦ give my love to your brother ♦ give your mind to what you are doing ♦ go about your business! ♦ go along with you! go your way! away with! off with you! get the hell out of here! ♦ go back to your place! ♦ go boil your head! ♦ go like this with your left hand ♦ go your way! ♦ has the cat got your tongue? ♦ have it your own way ♦ have it your way! ♦ here's mud in your eye! ♦ hold your gab! ♦ hold your horses! ♦ hold your jaw! ♦ hold your jaw! shut up your mouth! ♦ hold your tongue! ♦ i am at your service ♦ i am your very humble servant ♦ i beg your pardon! ♦ i beg your pardon? ♦ i can't read your writing ♦ i drink your health ♦ i write myself your most obedient servant ♦ if i were in your place ♦ if you want a thing done do it your self ♦ i'm your man! ♦ in obedience to your orders ♦ in reply to your letter ♦ in your birthday suit ♦ in your case ♦ In your despite ♦ in your discretion ♦ in your instance ♦ in your opinion ♦ in your reckoning ♦ in your time ♦ information/for your ♦ is that to your mind? ♦ is that your final price? ♦ it is as plain as the nose in your face ♦ it is within your grasp ♦ it is worth your while to read it ♦ it is your move ♦ it isn't your business to start with ♦ it was not your part to say it ♦ it's for your own good ♦ it's none of your business!. Additional references.

Beginning with "YOUR": your-arse, your-heart-on-your-sleeve, your-self.

Ending with "YOUR": sick-to-your, take-your.

Containing "YOUR": by-your-leave, in-your-face, pick-your-own.

Afrikaans

jou (thee, thou, to, to thee, to you, ye, you), u (thou, to, to you, ye, you), julle (thou, to, to you, ye, you). (various references)

Albanian

jote (thy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كم (another, sleeve, you), ‏كاف الملك, ‏ك (you), ‏صيغة الملكية (possessive). (various references)

Basque

zure. (various references)

Breton

hoc'h (you have), ho (you, you had). (various references)

Bulgarian 

твоят, твой (thine, yours), вашият, ваш (yours), прословут (notorious), прочут (eminent, famed, famous, name, notable, noted, of repute, splendent), прехвален (overpraised). (various references)

Catalan

vostre, vostra, teva, teu, seva (his, its, their), seu (his, its, their). (various references)

Chinese 

貴 (expensive, noble, precious), 鈞 (30 catties, great), 你 (You), 台 . (various references)

Croatian

vaš. (various references)

Czech

váš (yours), tvùj (thy, yours), svùj (his, its, their). (various references)

Danish

jeres, dit (your familiar), din, Deres (your formal). (various references)

Dutch

uw, jouw, je (one, thee, they, thou, ye, you). (various references)

Esperanto

via. (various references)

Estonian

teie (you), su. (various references)

Farsi 

متعلق به شما, مال شما (Yours), مربوطبه شما. (various references)

Finnish

teidän (yours). (various references)

Flemish

uw. (various references)

French

votre (yours), ta, vos, ton, tes (yours). (various references)

French Canadian

votre, ta. (various references)

Frisian

jyns, jo (thou, ye, you), dyn. (various references)

German

Ihre (her, hers, their, theirs, yours), Ihr (her, hers, its, their, thou, to her, ye, you, you all), euer (of you, thy, yours), dein (thine, thy), deine (thy, yours), Ihrer (hers, of her, of them, of you, theirs, you, yours), eure (thy, yours). (various references)

Greek 

σασ, σας (you), ιδικόσ σασ, υμέτερόσ σασ, δικόσ σου (yours), δικός σας (yours), δικός σου (thine, yours). (various references)

Guarani

pene, pende, ne (you), nde (you). (various references)

Haitian Creole

ou (y ou, you). (various references)

Hawaiian

jote. (various references)

Hebrew 

שלך (cormorant, osprey, thine, thy), שלכן, שלכם. (various references)

Hungarian

tietek (thine, yours), tied (thine, thy, yours), maguké (yours), magáé (yours), önöké (yours), öné (yours). (various references)

Icelandic

þinn. (various references)

Indonesian

mu. (various references)

Irish

do (at, for, to, toward, two). (various references)

Italian

vostro, tuo (thy), vostra (yours), suo (her, hers, his, its, one's), i tuoi (thine, yours). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

殿下 (HisHighness, Your Highness), 御用 (official business, your business, your order), 不肖 (incompetent, my humble self, my unworthy self, your humble servant), 下僕 (servant, your humble servant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

こうせつ (explanation, gossip, public, sexual intercourse, skill, snow, snowfall, tact, talk about town, workmanship, your opinion), だいか (charge, cost, his honor, price, your honor), れいまい (your younger sister), れいそく (your son), れいそん (your grandchild), れいしつ (beauty, charm, genius, your wife), りかにかんむりをたださず (avoiding the appearance of evil, don't straighten your crown under a pear tree), こんしょ (your kind letter), こうだん (gossip, highly ranked, latter or second part, leaving the platform, lecture platform, public corporation, rumour, story-telling, your lofty discourse), こうちょ (your literary work), こうはい (crossbreeding, cross-fertilization, destiny, good dividend, good offices, good spouse, halo, junior, married couple, mating, one's attitude, rise and fall, ruin, spouse, state of affairs, your trouble), れいせい (calm, composure, coolness, diligence, divine nature, serenity, shouts of encouragement, spirituality, your son-in-law), こうろん (dispute, intelligent opinion, public opinion, quarrel, unbiased criticism, your esteemed opinion), れいけい (his wife, Mrs, your elder brother, your wife), こうどう (action, auditorium, behaviour, brass, conduct, ecliptic, filial piety, justice, level, mobilization, public road, the benevolent Imperial rule, the Imperial Way, traditional incense-smelling game, tunnel, you, your beautiful home), こうさつ (bulletin board, consideration, hanging, highest bid, inquiry, strangulation, superior insight, your idea), こうひ (construction cost, empress, folklore, legend, oral tradition, public expenditure, queen, your valued criticism), こうひょう (criticism, criticize, favorable reputation, hailstorm, high reputation, official announcement, popular opinion, popularity, proclamation, review, your esteemed opinion), こうきょう (affidavit, Catholicism, communal, community, deposition, healthy economy, prosperous conditions, public, public service, reverberation, society, the Book of Filial Piety, width, width and narrowness, your instructions or suggestions), こうぎ (amity, authorities, broader application, equity, fine workmanship, friendship, government, imperial court, just view, justice, kindness or favour, lecture, objection, official, protest, public affairs, public opinion, shogunate government, skill, warm friendship, wide sense, your kindness), ごよう (abuse, official business, using in turn, using together, your business, your order), ごめん (declining, dismissal, permission, your pardon), ごめんなさい (excuse me, I beg your pardon), ごせいこう (your success), ごしゅじん (her husband, your husband), こうらい (ancient Korean kingdom, your visit), よけいなおせわ (it's none of your business, it's not your concern), だいがん (applying by proxy, praying by proxy, your face), とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう (don't count your chickens before they're hatched), とうけ (this or your family), とうざい (East and West, Orient and Occident, whole country, Your attention please), はばかりさま (thank you for your trouble, unfortunately...), へをひってしりつぼめ (no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, there's no point squeezing your buttocks after you have farted), へいか (arms, branch of the army, fire caused by war, normal prices, par, parity, ravages of war, soldier, strategist, swords, tactician, warfare, your Majesty), げんし (apparition, atom, capital, origin, original poem, phantom limb, primeval, principal, reduction of capital, silkworm egg sheet, stencil, strict order, thread for weaving, vision, visual hallucination, your order), げんぷ (your honored father), げんくん (elder statesman, strict instruction, your honored father), れいふじん (Lady, Madam, Mrs, your wife), げぼく (servant, your humble servant), ごぜん (A.M., am, morning, river dike, thepresence, Your Excellency), よめいいくばくもない (your days are numbered), ようかん (bean jelly, hips, sweet bean jelly, western-style house, your letter), もくぜん (before your very eyes), らいしゃ (visit to a company, your coming, your visiting me), らいが (coming with happy news, your coming, your presence), オンユアマーク (on your mark), あたまかくしてしりかくさず (don't cover your head and leave your bottom exposed, you have to be careful not to expose your weak point while attempting to protect yourself), れいし (beautiful figure, command of a prince, Fomes japonicus, lycheenut, prince's message, your elder sister, yourheir), れいてい (your younger brother), れいてつ (cool-headedness, your niece), れいじょう (acknowledgment, daughter, letter of thanks, sacred ground, summons, warrant, written order, young lady, young woman, your daughter). (various references)

Luganda

wasuze (did you sleep, your sleep), osiibye (you have been, your day), maamawo (your mother), ab'ewuwo (your family). (various references)

Luxembourgish

ären, är. (various references)

Malagasy

sakafonao (your food), reninao (your mother), nahaterahanao (your birth), fianakavianao (your family), fanampianao (your help), andronao (your day), anaranao (your name), aminao. (various references)

Manx

nyn (our, ours, their, theirs), eu (at you), dty (thine, thy), dt' (thine, thy), ayd (at you, thine). (various references)

Norwegian

deres (yours). (various references)

Papiamen

señora su, señor su, mener su, boso (thou, ye, you), bo (thou, ye, you). (various references)

Pidgin English

yur. (various references)

Pig Latin

youray.(various references)

Polish

wasz, twój. (various references)

Portuguese

seu (her, hers, his, his/her, its, their, theirs, your own, yours), vosso (yours), tua (thine, thy, yours), teu (thine, thy, yours), suas (his, its, yours), sua (her, hers, his, his/her, its, their, your own, yours). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

suas, sua (his/her, their), seu (his/her). (various references)

Quechua

wasiykipirí (and in your house), wasiykipi (in your house), sutiykiri (your name), p'unchayniyki (your day), mikhunayki (your food), mamayki (your mother). (various references)

Romanian

tãu (thine, thy). (various references)

Russian 

ваш (yours). (various references)

Scottish

do (a verbal particle denoting "to, did, prep. to, thine, thy, to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vaš (yours), tvoj (thine, thy, yours). (various references)

Slovene

vaši, vaša, vaš. (various references)

Somali

mishiinkiinna (your machine), magacaa (your name). (various references)

Sotho

leno, hao (you). (various references)

Spanish

tu (thy), tus (thine, yours), vuestro (yours), sus (halloo, her, his, its, their, theirs), su (her, his, his or her, its, their). (various references)

Swahili

yako, zako, wako, lako, -enu, enu, -ako, ako. (various references)

Swedish

er (you, yours, yourself, yourselves), din (thine, thy, yours), eder (ye). (various references)

Tagalog

mo (me, you), inyong, inyo (you). (various references)

Thai

ไปให้พ้น (Bag your face!, Lump it!), สั่ง / บอกชื่อเหล้าที่จะดื่ม (Name your poison.), อย่ากลั้นหายใจ (Don't hold your breath), อย่าคิดว่าบางสิ่งจะเกิดขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว (Don't hold your breath). (various references)

Tswana

gago. (various references)

Turkish

sizin, senin (of thee, of you, thine, thy), senín, sízín. (various references)

Turkmen 

sizingзe (as you would (pl.), your way), seniсзe (in your style, your way), яьregine dьwmek (decide (set your heart)). (various references)

Ukrainian

свій (her, its, our, own, their, yours), свої (yours), цей твій, цей ваш, твій (thine, thy, yours), твоє (yours), твої (thine, yours), твоя (yours), ваше (yours), ваша (yours), ваши (yours), ваш (yours). (various references)

Welsh

eich (you), dy (thine, thy). (various references)

Wolof

sa. (various references)

Xhosa

yakho, wakho, lwakho, lakho. (various references)

Zulu

-nu, -kho, -inu. (various references)

zu-ne-ne. (various references)

tous, tua, tuae, tuam, tuarum, tuas, tui, tuis, tuo, tuorum, tuos, tuosque, tuum, tuus, vester, vester vestra vestrum, vester, vestra, vestrum, vestra, vestrae, vestram, vestramque, vestrarum, vestras, vestri, vestris, vestro, vestrorum, vestros, vestrosque, vestrum. (various references)

ýûshmâkem, thwa. (various references)

eower. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "YOUR": yourn, yours, yourself, yourselves. (additional references)

Misspellings

"YOUR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ayoub, Ieruru, ior, iouer, lyour, vou, Vymura, Yavuz, Yayuk, yeor, yerr, yeur, yeut, yoa, yoar, yoare, yoer, yoi, yoir, yoire, yoo, yoog, yoom, yoos, yor, yorb, yored, yorer, yorg, yorm, yorp, yorq, yorx, yotu, youb, youd, Youern, youm, youn, youp, youre, yourg, yourn, yourz, yous, yout, youv, youw, youz, yuer, yur, yuz, zour. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: our, you.

-2 letters: or, oy, yo.

+1 letter: loury, roupy, yourn, yours.

+2 letters: croupy, dourly, dyvour, euroky, floury, frouzy, grouty, hourly, koruny, outcry, sourly, stoury, trouty, tryout, voyeur, yogurt.

+3 letters: armoury, country, courtly, cursory, drouthy, dyvours, elusory, euryoky, foundry, furrowy, grayout, grouchy, hydrous, journey, kouprey, nonjury, ossuary, outpray, overbuy, ovulary, poultry, proudly, pylorus, roguery, roughly, roundly, roupily, savoury, suasory, succory, tourney, tryouts, tutoyer, urology, vapoury, vouvray, voyeurs, yoghurt, yogurts, younger, younker.