you've

[ yoov; unstressed yoov, yuhv ]

1. contraction of you have:

   You've already been there.

you've

/ jʊv; juːv /

contraction of

1. you have

Usage Note

See contraction.

Example Sentences

Armed with what you’ve learned, decide how many arrangements your event will need, create a budget and then decide on a color scheme and your main anchor flowers, such as giant mauve proteas, fluffy balls of hydrangeas or dependably lovely roses, which come fresh, dried or preserved — a process that keeps them pliable and long lasting — in a stunning array of colors.

From Los Angeles Times

If you’ve seen that movie and read “Nickel Boys,” this is exactly the movie you’d expect.

From Los Angeles Times

“All the times they thought that they could hold you back / But you’ve always known there was no chance of that / You’re made / Too strong,” sings H.E.R., in a glorious vocal on the track she produced and performs.

From Los Angeles Times

"If you do leak, you’ve got the stigma and the name calling. That’s why these kids aren’t going into school."

From BBC

Passenger Lisa Greenhalgh said she gets to the station 20 minutes early, and has then waited an hour and forty minutes for a train "on a number of occasions in the freezing cold, and you've had no update, so you don't know what's happening, and by then it's too late to drive into Manchester, so you end up spending two hours out of the house and actually getting nowhere."

From BBC