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our

1

[ ouuhr, ou-er; unstressed ahr ]

pronoun

  1. (a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective):

    Our team is going to win. Do you mind our going on ahead?



-our

2
British.
  1. variant of -or 1.

our

1

/ ʊə /

determiner

  1. of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us

    our parents are good to us

    our best vodka

  2. belonging to or associated with all people or people in general

    our nearest planet is Venus

  3. a formal word for my used by editors or other writers, and monarchs
  4. informal.
    (often sarcastic) used instead of your

    are our feet hurting?

  5. dialect.
    belonging to the family of the speaker

    it's our Sandra's birthday tomorrow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-our

2

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating state, condition, or activity

    labour

    behaviour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Spelling Note

See -or 1.
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Grammar Note

See me.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of our1

before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ū, suppletive genitive plural of ŧ we from same base as ū us
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of our1

Old English ū (genitive plural), from us ; related to Old French, Old Saxon ūer, Old High German ܲԲŧ, Gothic unsara

Origin of our2

in Old French -eur, from Latin -or, noun suffix
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Mr Ackman said the American leader now had "an opportunity to call a 90-day time out, negotiate and resolve unfair asymmetric tariff deals, and induce trillions of dollars of new investment in our country".

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"We started to work on the things that were happening in our homeland, but then realised that they could be applied to a lot of other countries in the world," he told OkayAfrica.

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"He's been part of our succession planning for some time, albeit this opportunity has come slightly earlier than expected," Rob Key, the managing director of England men's cricket said.

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Some of those freed under the deal were serving sentences for other serious crimes, including the killing of Israelis, but that was not the case for our interviewees.

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And I love that people feel that kind of ownership of our music and our band.”

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