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[ ouuhrz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz ] / aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrz /
pronoun(a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective): Which house is ours? that or those belonging to us: Ours was given second prize. Ours are in the car. Origin of ours1250–1300; Middle English (originally north) ures, oures.See our, 's1 Words nearby oursOur Father, ourie, Ourinhos, Our Lady, ourn, ours, ourself, ourselves, Our Town, -ous, Ouse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for oursIn this world of ours, some melodies are just more beautiful than others. Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST And all kinds of friends of ours have raised money for Mary Landrieu to support her as a candidate. Hillary Praises Fracking, Stays Silent on Keystone|David Freedlander|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time. Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer|James Poulos|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Font, logo, edge finish, surface finish … everything is different from ours,” said Sung Hwang, the general manager. Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a society as race-crazy as ours, this sort of news is equal parts shocking and unsurprising. Ex-NFL Linebacker: We Talk Around Race, Not About It|Carl Banks|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their cement for coating walls is like ours; the stucco flat coloured, and the colours mixed with the plaster before laying on. A Manual of the Historical Development of Art|G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi To repeat: Our intellect is not ours, it does not belong to man, but it together with man belongs to the universe. The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen But you must remember that their sheep weigh less than ours, and I like to see a man make a hearty dinner. Still I doubt if they get half the enjoyment from their acquisitions that we do who have to save and plan for ours.' Atlantic Classics|Various I should judge it to be worth one hundred dollars, so there is evidently "cheating in all trades but ours." Practical Graining|William E. (William Edmund) Wall
British Dictionary definitions for ours
pronounsomething or someone belonging to or associated with usours have blue tags 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 |