"you all" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Audio: En-au-you all.ogg
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  1. All of you; plural form of you, including everyone being addressed. Synonyms: the list of other second-person plural pronouns at Thesaurus:y'all, y'all, yo'll, you-all, youall, you-alls
    Sense id: en-you_all-en-pron-PWLZ1lDL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English plural pronouns, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English plural pronouns: 56 44 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (idiomatic, chiefly Southern US, colloquial) You (with singular or plural referent); y'all. Tags: Southern-US, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-you_all-en-pron-CeBZt70X Categories (other): Southern US English

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