ours

Meaning

1. That or those belonging to us.
2. That or those belonging to us.
3. That or those 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. That or those belonging to people in general.
5. (colloquial) That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
6. (colloquial) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
7. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
8. (informal) Our house or home.

Synonyms

our

for us

us

🇺🇸

ourselves

we

our own

somebody’s

dual

to us

genitive

one’s

someone’s

at us

Translations

unsere

nostro

nuestro

unser

le nôtre

het onze

de onze

el nuestro

unserer

la nostra

il nostro

nostra

unsers

nuestra

δικός μας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊəz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oures

In summary

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.