you all

See also: you-all

English

Alternative forms

• y'all, yo'll, you-all, youall, you-alls

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

you all

1. All of you; plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.

   I'm very happy to see you all.

2. (idiomatic, chiefly Southern US, colloquial) You (with singular or plural referent); y'all. [from 19th c.]
   • 1926, Hart Crane, letter, 2 March:

     I am really longing to see you “all”—as the Southerners say—and aren't you coming east this summer?

   • 1946, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek:

     I ain't never been as far as you-all aim to go.

Usage notes

• See the usage notes about y'all.

Synonyms

• See the list of other second-person plural pronouns at Thesaurus:y'all

Anagrams

• allyou