ours

[ ouuhrz, ou-erz or, 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.

Origin of ours

1
1250–1300; Middle English (originally north) ures, oures.See our, 's1

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How to use ours in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for ours

ours

/ (aʊəz) /


pronoun
  1. something or someone belonging to or associated with us: ours have blue tags

  2. of ours belonging to or associated with us

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