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our
1[ ouuhr, ou-er; unstressed ahr ]
pronoun
- (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- variant of -or 1.
our
1/ ʊə /
determiner
- of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us
our parents are good to us
our best vodka
- belonging to or associated with all people or people in general
our nearest planet is Venus
- a formal word for my used by editors or other writers, and monarchs
- informal.(often sarcastic) used instead of your
are our feet hurting?
- dialect.belonging to the family of the speaker
it's our Sandra's birthday tomorrow
-our
2suffix forming nouns
- indicating state, condition, or activity
labour
behaviour
Spelling Note
Grammar Note
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of our1
Origin of our2
Example Sentences
“And the idea was for us to create our own IP.”
“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?”
“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.”
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.
“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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