ourbelonging to us; possessive of we: We have our new home.Not to be confused with:hour ? a measurement of time: I?ll be ready in an hour.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeour (our)adj.The possessive form of we Used as a modifier before a noun: our accomplishments; our hometown.[Middle English, from Old English ?re; see nes- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.our (a??) determiner1. of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us: our best vodka; our parents are good to us. 2. belonging to or associated with all people or people in general: our nearest planet is Venus. 3. a formal word for my used by editors or other writers, and monarchs4. informal (often sarcastic) used instead of your: are our feet hurting?. 5. dialect belonging to the family of the speaker: it’s our Sandra’s birthday tomorrow. [Old English ?re (genitive plural), from us; related to Old French, Old Saxon ?ser, Old High German uns?r, Gothic unsara]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014our (a??r, ?a? ?r; unstressed ?r) pron. a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective: Our team won. Compare ours. [before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ?re] usage: See me. -our Brit. var. of -or1. usage: See -or1. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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-our suffix forming nouns indicating state, condition, or activity: behaviour; labour. [in Old French -eur, from Latin -or, noun suffix]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014our (a??r, ?a? ?r; unstressed ?r) pron. a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective: Our team won. Compare ours. [before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ?re] usage: See me. -our Brit. var. of -or1. usage: See -or1. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.