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ours

/ˈaʊəz/ UK
/ɑːz/ UK
/ˈaʊɚz/ US
/ɑɹz/ US

Sounds like hours · Rhymes with -aʊə(ɹ)z, -ɑː(ɹ)z

Where it comes from

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.

pronoun ours · our's

Excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive ours) You can't take that! It's ours!
Including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive ours). We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.
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.
That or those belonging to people in general. As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority of ours.
colloquial 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?
colloquial 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?
colloquial 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.
informal Our house or home. You can stay the night at ours if you like.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bear, bears, countrymen, eleven, nso, ourselves, own, preprinted, showtime, st, yay, mutual, shared, joint, collective, communal

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pron that which belongs to us

Español	lo nuestro
日本語	私たちの watashitachi no, 私等の watashitachi no, 我らの warera no, 我々の wareware no
中文	我們的 /我们的 wǒmen de, 咱們的 /咱们的 zánmen de, 咱的 zán de
हिन्दी	हमारा hamārā
Português	o nosso
Français	le nôtre, la nôtre, les nôtres
Deutsch	unserer, unsere, unseres
Italiano	il nostro, la nostra, i nostri, le nostre
Ελληνικά	δικός μας dikós mas, δικιά μας dikiá mas, δική μας dikí mas, δικό μας dikó mas, δικοί μας dikoí mas, δικές μας dikés mas
Română	al nostru, a noastră, ai noștri, ale noastre
Русский	наш naš
Tiếng Việt	của chúng tôi
العربية	لَنَا lanā
עברית	שלנו shelánu

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@misc{ours_2026,
  title = {ours},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ours},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}