you'll

[ yool; unstressed yool, yuhl ]

/ yul; unstressed yʊl, yəl /

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contraction of you will:You'll never guess who was here.

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usage note for you'll

See contraction.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH you'll

you'll , yule

Words nearby you'll

you get what you pay for, Youghiogheny, you just don't get it, you know, you know something?, you'll, Youlou, you name it, you never can tell, young, young adult

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How to use you'll in a sentence

The Internet cool kids are rallying against Taylor Swift after her bold screw-you to Spotify.
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Dwyer was present for many of the events he describes, providing a you-are-in-the-room feel.
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Because that minimum-wage hike was a project of the federal government, and that means that you-know-who was for it.
Inside the Democrats’ Godawful Midterm Election Wipeout|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.
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Joseph Towers died; a printer, bookseller, and afterwards a preacher with the title of LL.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He remarked, very acutely, that Chaucer translates the F. bouton by the word knoppe; see ll.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
But the names, even in the F. text, are not exactly the same as in a former passage; see ll.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
As these lines are not in the original, the writer may have taken them from Chaucer's Hous of Fame, ll.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for you'll

you'll

/ (juːl, unstressed jʊl) /

contraction of

you will or you shall

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