our

Meaning

Det

1. (determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).
2. (determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Belonging to us, including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive our).
3. (determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Of, from, or belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
4. (determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Belonging to people in general.
5. (colloquial, determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Belonging to everyone being addressed.
6. (colloquial, determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially of a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
7. (colloquial, determiner, first-person, plural, possessive, uncommon) Belonging to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
8. (colloquial, determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
9. (Northern-England, Scotland, determiner, first-person, plural, possessive) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.

Verb

Misspelling of are.

Synonyms

ours

we

us

🇺🇸

my

we two

I

her

his

inclusive

its

let’s go

main

me

one’s own

present

real

their

this

you and me

our own

to us

his and my

yours and my

he and I

dual

exclusive

family

👪

head

Translations

nuestro

unser

nostro

notre

ons

🇺🇸

nuestra

nostra

onze

nôtre

unsere

nosso

nos

μας

noster

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oure

Inherited from Old English: ūre

Cognate with Scots: oor

Cognate with Western Frisian: ús

Cognate with Low German: uns

Cognate with Dutch: onze

Cognate with German: unser

Cognate with Danish: vor

Cognate with Norwegian: vår

Cognate with Latin: noster

In summary

From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser, unsere (“our”) Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.

Sentences

When does our plane take off again .

When he speaks in our language , I can interpret what he has said .

Yet thus began the relations between our two Nations .

The exploration of space is our frontier .

Our religion dictates our actions .

Our earth is geologically active , while other planets in the solar system are not .