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ours

[ ouuhrz, ou-erzor, often, ahrz ]

pronoun

  1. (a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective):

    Which house is ours?

  2. that or those belonging to us:

    Ours was given second prize. Ours are in the car.



ours

/ ʊə /

pronoun

  1. something or someone belonging to or associated with us

    ours have blue tags

  2. of ours
    belonging to or associated with us
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ours1

1250–1300; Middle English (originally north) ures, oures. See our, 's 1
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Example Sentences

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The answer reflects how humans have invaded its space and how it has adapted to ours.

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The trip fulfilled "a long-time dream of ours", the band said.

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"It's all about the perpetrators' human rights and not ours, and that's so wrong," she said.

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“Cities like ours are going through challenging economic times across the nation,” Bass said, explaining that she plans to make the city work more efficiently by consolidating departments and reorganizing.

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Today, the many compelling stories of those suffering in this increasingly diverse nation of ours — from immigrants to domestic workers to all the discriminated-against people I’ve mentioned in this essay — must be told.

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