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our

[ou^uhr, ou-er, ahr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

British.

variant of -or.

our

/ aʊə /

determiner

of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us
our best vodka
our parents are good to us
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

suffix

indicating state, condition, or activity
behaviour
labour

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Spelling Note

See -or ¹.

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Grammar Note

See me.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of our¹

before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre, suppletive genitive plural of wē we from same base as ūs us

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Word History and Origins

Origin of our¹

Old English ūre (genitive plural), from _us ; related to Old French, Old Saxon ūser, Old High German unsēr, Gothic unsara

Origin of our²

in Old French -eur, from Latin -or, noun suffix

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Example Sentences

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"We bowled well overall I thought. We dropped their captain early and she scored a hundred. That was the difference. Catches win matches. We need to improve a lot with our catching," Athapaththu said.