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ya

¹

[ yuh ]

/ yə /

pronoun Pronunciation Spelling.

you: Give me a hand, will ya?

your: Where's ya brother?

Words nearby ya

y.o., y.o.b., y.p.s.c.e., y.t., y2k, ya, ya-ta-ta, yaaas, yaar, yaba, yabba

Origin of ya

¹

First recorded in 1820–25

Definition for ya (2 of 4)

ya²

[ yah ]

/ yɑ /

interjection Informal.

Definition for ya (3 of 4)

yā

[ yah ]

/ yɑ /

noun

the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Origin of yā

From Arabic

Definition for ya (4 of 4)

YA

young adult.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for ya

Three weeks ago 24-year-old Zoe Sugg published her first novel, Girl Online, a YA romance.
Meet Zoella—The Newbie Author Whose Book Sales Topped J.K. Rowling|Lucy Scholes|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But what really sets Give apart from other YA novels is its writing.
The Thrilling, Traumatic Lives of Teens: The Fall’s Best YA Fiction|Hugh Ryan|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“A lot of extremity you see in YA is merely attempting to capture the intensity” of being a teen, Lorentz says.
The War Inside: Terrorism & Teenhood in ‘No Dawn Without Darkness’|Hugh Ryan|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Interestingly, what became Holler If Ya Hear Me originally went to Wilson to write before it passed to Kreidler.
Broadway Was Made for Tupac|Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And Holler If Ya Hear Me boasts some very fun redecorated Tupac tunes.
The Tupac Musical Hits Broadway: Kenny Leon’s ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’ Is Crazy, Silly Fun|Marlow Stern|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suban ya por una calzada prxima a las primeras calles, e iban tocando las tapias de las huertas.
Doa Perfecta|Benito Prez Galds
Arra ya, con que bueno, despues de pagado me has azotado; esos no son cueros, esos son azotes.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua|Daniel G. Brinton
Well, sez Horace, speakin in a low secret-tellin tone, Ill tell ya; but I dont want ya to blab it to every one ya see.
Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason
Well, if ya can't move it, why in Dothan dontcha kick it out?
From Pillar to Post|John Kendrick Bangs
Ya la res habr salvado sus mrgenes; como la salvaris vos sin atraer sobre vuestra cabeza alguna calamidad horrible?
Legends, Tales and Poems|Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

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