Definitions for ours

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ours ours

Spelling: [ouuh rz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz]

IPA: /aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrz/

Ours is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in ours (orsu).

Definitions for ours

noun

1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
2. Metaphysics. the ego.

pronoun

1. (a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective):
2. that or those belonging to us:
3. the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.

plural pronoun

1. nominative plural of I.
2. (used to denote oneself and another or others):
3. (used to denote people in general):
4. (used to indicate a particular profession, nationality, political party, etc., that includes the speaker or writer):
5. Also called the royal we. (used by a sovereign, or by other high officials and dignitaries, in place of I in formal speech):
6. Also called the editorial we. (used by editors, writers, etc., to avoid the too personal or specific I or to represent a collective viewpoint):
7. you (used familiarly, often with mild condescension or sarcasm, as in addressing a child, a patient, etc.):
8. (used in the predicate following a copulative verb):
9. (used in apposition with a noun, especially for emphasis):

Origin of ours

1250-1300; Middle English (orig. north) ures, oures. See our, 's¹

Examples for ours

In this world of ours, some melodies are just more beautiful than others.

And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time.

Remember, that a friendship like ours admits of no reserves.

And all kinds of friends of ours have raised money for Mary Landrieu to support her as a candidate.

At times we are as much the object of their envy as they ever are of ours.

Their influence on us is at least reciprocal with ours on them.

In a society as race-crazy as ours, this sort of news is equal parts shocking and unsurprising.

That reminds me; they're friends of ours, too, and I must have you meet them.

“Font, logo, edge finish, surface finish … everything is different from ours,” said Sung Hwang, the general manager.

What can you think of it, that such a family as ours, should have such a rod held over it?