ours
Americanpronoun
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(a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective).
Which house is ours?
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that or those belonging to us.
Ours was given second prize. Ours are in the car.
pronoun
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something or someone belonging to or associated with us
ours have blue tags
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belonging to or associated with us
Etymology
Origin of ours
1250–1300; Middle English (originally north) ures, oures. See our, 's 1
Example Sentences
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"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Its sensory world and cognitive architecture are profoundly different from ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I didn’t really know anything about competition reality shows, but now I can see that ours, with the production value and the way it’s shot and the theatricality, is so different to the other ones.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then I remembered that Leendert was away for a few days setting up electrical warning systems like ours in several of our host homes.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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