you're

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (stressed) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r), IPA^(key): /jʊə(ɹ)/, /jɔː(ɹ)/
  • (unstressed) IPA^(key): /jə(ɹ)/
• (US):
  • (stressed) enPR: yo͝or, yôr, IPA^(key): /jʊɹ/, /jɔɹ/
  • (unstressed) IPA^(key): /jɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Rhymes: -ə(ɹ)
• Homophone: your
• Homophone: yore

Contraction

you're

1. You are.

   You’re smarter than I am!

   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”