Definitions for our
aʊər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑrour

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ourpronoun

   Belonging to us.

2. ourpronoun

   Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.

3. ourpronoun

   used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.

   I'm going to see our Terry for tea.

4. Etymology: From oure, from ure, user, from unseraz, from no-s-ero-. Cognate with ús, uns, onze, unser, vor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ourpron. poss.

   Etymology: ure , Saxon.

   1. Pertaining to us; belonging to us.

   You shall
   Lead our first battle, brave Macduff, and we
   Shall take upon us what else remains. William Shakespeare.

   Our wit is given almighty God to know,
   Our will is given to love him being known;
   But God could not be known to us below,
   But by his works which through the sense are shown.
   So in our little world this soul of ours
   Being only one, and to one body ty’d,
   Doth use on divers objects divers powers,
   And so are her effects diversify’d. Davies.

   2. When the substantive goes before, it is written ours.

   Edmund, whose virtue in this instance,
   So much commands itself, you shall be ours. William Shakespeare.

   Thou that hast fashion’d twice this soul of ours,
   So that she is by double title thine, Davies.

   Be ours, who e’er thou art,
   Forget the Greeks. John Denham.

   Taxallan, shook by Montezuma’s powers,
   Has, to resist his forces, call’d in ours. Dryden.

   Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours: it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections, unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength. John Locke.

   Their organs are better disposed than ours, for receiving grateful impressions from sensible objects. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. our

   "Our" is a possessive pronoun used to indicate ownership or association with a group of people that includes the speaker and one or more other individuals. It suggests a sense of belonging or inclusion.

2. Our

   The term "our" is a possessive pronoun that indicates possession or ownership by a group of people. It is used to describe something that belongs to or is associated with the speaker and one or more others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Our

   of I

2. Etymology: [OF. -our.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Our

   owr, adj. and pron. pertaining or belonging to us—prov. Ourn.—prons. Ours, possessive of We; Ourself′, myself (as a king or queen would say):—pl. Ourselves (-selvz′), we, not others: us. [A.S. úre, gen. pl. of wé, we.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. our

   Belong to a team.

   Our team is accountable for our choices, decisions and results.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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   our

   Relating to people.

   Our family love to get together and show our love to each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

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   our

   Relating to us.

   Our collective unity, solidarity, cohesion, agreement and heartfelt desire for the optimum health, human rights and shared prosperity for us all is our focus and we are doing it together moment by moment.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 26, 2020  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:2.4 / 5 votes

1. OUR

   What does OUR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the OUR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'our' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #101

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'our' in Written Corpus Frequency: #121

Anagrams for our »

1. uro

How to pronounce our?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say our in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of our in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of our in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of our in a Sentence

1. Jean Peters:

   Most of us have heard the famous quotation that' injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' kevin Strickland stands as our own example of what happens when a system set to be just, just gets it terribly wrong.

2. Virginia Woolf:

   If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or our country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share.

3. Stephen Pearce:

   As one of the top four producers in the world, our position on the global cost curve is absolutely vital.

4. Ray Moore:

   I believe it's worse because it affects our entire system of morality and family values.

5. Michel de Montaigne:

   It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Our
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=our
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/our
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=our