Definitions for ours
aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrzours

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ourspronoun

   That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.

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1. ours

   One Union of Regional Staff (OURS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in early 2010 by the merger of the Derbyshire Group Staff Union and the Cheshire Group Staff Union. It organises former Derbyshire Building Society and Cheshire Building Society workers now employed by the Nationwide Building Society and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress.The members of OURS voted to merge with the Nationwide Group Staff Union, and this process was completed on 1 September 2011.

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1. Ours

   of I

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1. Ours

   Ours is an American rock band led by singer Jimmy Gnecco.

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1. ours

   Song lyrics by ours -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by ours on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. OURS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ours is ranked #17699 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ours surname appeared 1,585 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Ours.
   
   97.3% or 1,543 total occurrences were White.
   1.3% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.5% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.3% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ours' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1158

Anagrams for ours »

1. sour

How to pronounce ours?

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 ours in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ours in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ours in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ours in a Sentence

1. Barack Obama:

   We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings, friends of ours, allies of ours — Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.

2. Mark Krikorian:

   The campaign and the administration have used other material of ours so I'm delighted that they are using that immigration actions list, but there's a difference between using CIS' material as source of important research and CIS actually having a direct operational link to the administration.

3. General Omar Bradley:

   This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

4. Willie Robertson:

   I’ve been talking a lot with Bobby Jindal, who is our governor. Bobby is a good friend of ours. He and his wife are good friends of Korie and [mine]. He has been on our television show. Anybody that comes down and has been on an episode of ‘Duck Dynasty,’ obviously is the frontrunner in my book.

5. Ron Johnson:

   No, I mean the explanation would be there is cultural problem there. It's like, 'Ohhh, he's one of ours. Let's send him home. Let's bury this, let's whitewash this. Let's pretend this never happened.' Why else would it be?

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ours
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ours
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ours
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ours
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html