word-vault/dist/data/cards/yo/you.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "you",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used as the subject or object of a verb or after a preposition to refer to the person or people being spoken or written to",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You said you knew the way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I thought she told you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I sit next to you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want both of you to help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think that hairstyle is you *(= it doesn't suit your appearance or personality)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used with nouns and adjectives to speak to somebody directly",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You girls, stop talking!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You stupid idiot!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used for referring to people in general",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You learn a language better if you visit the country where it is spoken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a friendly place—people come up to you in the street and start talking."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you, your family and your close friends",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wish you and yours all the best for the year ahead!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ju//juː/",
                "audio": "yo/you/you__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jə//juː/",
                "audio": "yo/you/you__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ēow, accusative and dative of gē (see the pronounye), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch u and German euch. During the 14th cent. you began to replace the pronoun ye, thou, and thee; by the 17th cent. it had become the ordinary second person pronoun for any number and case."
}