you

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

   Both of you should get ready now.

2. 2
   pron

   (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

   If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].

3. 3
   pron

   The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

   I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.

4. 4
   pron

   The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)

   You are all supposed to do as I tell you.

5. 5
   pron

   The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)

   You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.

6. 6
   pron

   A person's favorite sports team.

   I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.

7. 7
   pron

   Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

   The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain.

8. 8
   pron

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural). Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “yo…