EGAVE

ours

About 9.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. pronoun That or those belonging to us. Excluding the person(s) being addressed
    You can't take that! It's ours!
  2. pronoun Excluding the person(s) being addressed
    You can't take that! It's ours!
  3. pronoun Including the person(s) being addressed .
    We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.
  4. pronoun That or those belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
    French food is better than ours.
  5. pronoun That or those belonging to people in general.
    As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority of ours.
  6. pronoun That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
    Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight? I know I've got my happy face on; have we all got ours on too?
  7. pronoun That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
    Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning? Oh, what's that bottle of tablets under our chair? Is that ours?
  8. pronoun Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
    Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. There are lots of recipes for these, but ours is the best.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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