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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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“And the idea was for us to create our own IP.”

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“We love watching that stuff. We never get to be in that stuff. We never see ourselves represented in that stuff. Why can’t we be expansive in our storytelling?”

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“They have complex health and mental health conditions. They are meeting us at a real moment of crisis. The timing with which we reach out to our clients seems magical to me.”

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But more than that, Hohl sees the federal actions as another attack on the fabric of American society, an attempt to bury our history and our diversity by controlling information.

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“When these dolphins and sea lions come to shore and they’re still alive, we do our best to make them comfortable and sometimes it doesn’t work out and that takes a toll.”

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