Pronunciations (4)
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/jɒn/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/jɑn/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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jɒn
Pronunciation notes
- GB
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jɑn
Pronunciation notes
- US
Determiner
Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
Usage- Dated
- dialectal
- Examples
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He went to climb yon hill.
Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
More examples (3)
"[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."
"Do my eyes deceive me, or is yon object a Puddin'?" he cried.
His head... his head... his face... it wisnae there. Nae black curly hair, nae eyes - I've never seen eyes sae blue as Joe's. Irises blue as yon sky. Blown tae smithereens... his gorgeous, bonny head, no there.
Adverb
yonder.
Usage- Dated
- dialectal
- not-comparable
Pronoun
That one or those over there.
Usage- Dated
- dialectal
- Examples
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More examples (1)
As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"
Adjective
distant but within sight (‘yon’ is dialectal)
- Synonyms
- Examples
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yonder valley
the hills yonder
More examples (1)
what is yon place?
Adverb
at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (‘yon’ is archaic and dialectal)
- Synonyms
- Examples
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the house yonder