our
pronoun
(a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective).
our
1 American
[ouuhr, ou-er, ahr]
/ aʊər, ˈaʊ ər, ɑr /
pronoun
-our
2
American
British.
our
1
British
/ aʊə /
determiner
-
of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us
our best vodka
our parents are good to us
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belonging to or associated with all people or people in general
our nearest planet is Venus
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a formal word for my used by editors or other writers, and monarchs
-
informal (often sarcastic) used instead of your
are our feet hurting?
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dialect belonging to the family of the speaker
it's our Sandra's birthday tomorrow
-our
2
British
suffix
Grammar
See me.
Spelling
See -or 1.
Etymology
Origin of our
before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre, suppletive genitive plural of wē we from same base as ūs us
Example Sentences
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My husband and I are in our late 50s and had reached what I thought was a comfortable place financially — good jobs, a nice home, no debt, solid retirement savings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
This is the first in a series of stories drawn from our reporting.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
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From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Exhausted, I keep trekking, stopping to mark our entire claim.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Our security," Carson said, "is based on many considerations -our military posture, our overall economic and political strength, and our relationships with our friends and neighbors with whom we share a common danger.
From Time Magazine Archive
In certain abstract nouns from L. -or, Fr. -eur is still represented by -our, as colour, labour, honour, and in a few cases directly retained, as in grandeur.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Our course now lay to the south of west, and -our pace was even faster than it had been in the days of poor Blackie.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by William Francis Butler
See -ther, and cf. -or, -our, -er. -tor-y, -sor-y, noun suffix, denoting place, as dormitory. -tude forms abstract nouns, as gratitude.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
In the same way we replace the Fr. -our, -eur by -er, as in Turner, Fr. tourneur, Ginner, Jenner for Jenoure.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
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