ISACE In British English Yours sincerely is the most common way of ending a letter to someone whose name you know. Yours faithfully is used when writing to someone whose name you do not know. In American English Sincerely yours, Sincerely, and Yours truly are commonly used. In informal letters many other endings are possible, such as Yours and Best wishes.
yourself /jəˈself/jar-/ pron pl. -selves /ˈselvz/ 1 (reflexive form of YOU); You'll hurt yourself if you play with the scissors. I Buy yourself some shoes. 2 (strong form of YOU): You yourself said so. I You and Mary said so yourselves. 3 (in) your usual state of mind or body: Are you very tired? You don't seem yourself today. I I'll forgive you; I know you weren't yourself when you said that. 4 (all) by yourself a) alone; without help; Did you make this by yourself? b) alone; without anyone else; Did you come here all by yourself? 5 to yourself for your private use; not shared; a bedroom to yourself → see also DO-IT-YOURSELF
1 Reflexive pronouns like yourself, themselves, etc are used with verbs that need a reflexive object: Are you enjoying yourself? but with some verbs they can be left out with no change of meaning: Let's go and wash (ourselves). 2 They are also used after prepositions in sentences like Mary looked at herself in the mirror but not after prepositions that show position or direction in space: She shut the door behind her (not herself).
youth /juːθ/ n pl. youths /juːðzlijuːðz, juːθs/ 1 [U] the period of being young, especially the period between being a child and being fully grown; early life: In (his) youth, he had shown great promise. 2 [C] often derog a young person, especially a male TEENAGER: a gang of youths → see CHILD (USAGE) 3 [(the)S(of)+sing./pl. v] young men and women considered as a group: The youth of the country is/are being ignored by politicians. | youth unemployment (=among young people) 4 [S;U] the quality or state of being young: He lost his youth a long time ago. | a product which claims to restore youth
'youth, club n a meeting place for young people where they can talk, drink coffee, play games etc and often connected with a church or COMMUNITY CENTRE
'youth, hostel n a place in which members of the Youth Hostels Association, especially young people walking around country areas on holiday, can stay for a small payment. The beds are usually in dormitories (DORMITORY). Youth hostels are not common in the US. —~ler n —~ling n [U] I used to go youth-hostelling in my school vacations.
'youth culture n [U] the interests and activities of young people, especially the music, films, sports, or other entertainment they enjoy
youth·ful /'juːθfəl/ adj 1 (having the qualities) typical of youth: youthful enthusiasm | She's over 50 but has a youthful complexion. 2 young or relatively young: the youthful prime minister ︷ly adv ︸ness n [U]
Youth 'Training the full name of YT
you've /jəv; strong ju:v/ short for you have
yowl /jaʊl/ v [1] (especially of a cat or dog) to make a long loud cry, especially of pain or sadness —yowl n
yo·yo /'jəʊjəʊ/ n pl. -yəs a toy made of a thick circular piece of wood, plastic etc, that can be made to run up and down a string tied to it
Y·pres /ˈɪprə/ a town in southern Belgium where three great battles took place in World War I. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in these battles, but neither side gained much advantage. British soldiers called it Wipers.
YT /,war 'ti:/ abbrev. for Youth Training; a British government plan that has now been replaced by Work-based Training for Young People (WBTYP). YT was intended to provide job training for young British people aged between 16 and 18 who were not students or did not have jobs. People did receive small payments while they were training, but YT was criticized for making young people do boring, badly-paid jobs that did not teach them any useful skills.
Yuc·a·tán /,jukə'tɑːnll,jʊkə'tæn/ 1 the Yucatán Peninsula a large PENINSULA (=a long, thin area of land with sea on three sides) in central America, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, which consists of Belize, North Guatemala, and part of Mexico. The MAYA people came from this area, and there are several ancient Maya buildings there. 2 a Mexican state yuc·ca /'jʌkə/ n a plant with long pointed leaves on a woody stem, with large white flowers
yuck, yuk /jʌk/ interj infml (an expression of extreme dislike)
yuck·y /ˈjʌki/ adj infml derog extremely unpleasant: yucky food | a yucky colour
Yu·go·sla·vi·a
/ˌjʊɡəʊˈslaːvɪə/ a former country in southeast Europe. It existed from the 1920s
until the early 1990s, and was made up of six REPUBLICS: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Serbia and Montenegro combined to form one country in 2003, and the other republics became separate, independent countries during the 1990s. → see also BOSNIAN WAR, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, TITO —Yugoslav /'juːɡəʊslɑːv/ —Yugoslavian /ˈjuːɡəʊslɑːv/ n. adj
Yu-kon, the /ˈjuːkənl-kaːn/ 1 a TERRITORY in northwest Canada, where the KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH took place in the 1890s 2 a river in the northwest of North America, flowing from the Yukon area, through Alaska, and into the Pacific Ocean
Yule, yule /juːl/ n old use Christmas
'yule log n 1 a log of wood burnt on the evening before Christmas 2 a cake made to look like this
Yule-tide, yuletide /'juːltɪd/ n [U] poetic Christmas
yum /jʌm/ intej infml (said when you think something tastes very good)
yum·my /'jʌmi/ adj infml tasting very good; DELICIOUS
yup·pie, yuppy /'jʌpi/ n sometimes derog (from abbrev. of Young Upwardly-mobile Professional) a young person in a professional job with a high income, especially one who enjoys spending money and having a fashionable way of life
CULTURAL NOTE In Britain, most people think of yuppies as being young people who earn a lot of money without necessarily working very hard, usually on the financial markets in the City. They typically drive expensive cars, especially Porsches, and use car PHONES, PERSONAL ORGANIZERS and other modern expensive goods and are more concerned about enjoying their lifestyle than having a family or helping others in society. In the US, yuppies are thought of as being slightly older and as being insensitive, AMBITIOUS, and too interested in material goods.
,yuppie 'tiu n [U] derog → see ME
Yves Saint Lau·rent /,i:v sæn lo'rongll-lau'ra:n/ trademark BRAND (=type) of fashionable clothing and accessories (ACCESSORY) such as bag, belt, or jewellery etc, designed by Yves SAINT LAURENT and other designers that work for his company.
YWCA/,war dAbelju:: si: 'er/ n 1 the YWCA abbrev. for Youn Women's Christian Association; an organization in man countries that provides places to stay and sports activities for young people 2 one of these places for young women live or to play sports