ours
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Belongs to me and other people
- pronoun
- /aʊərz/
:
nuestro
- This house is ours because we built it together.
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- Sam has been a close friend of ours years.
- Woman is our word and it is ours alone.
- the choice is ours. And when do you think the time would be?
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Examples
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HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, OF OURS.
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- SHE IS OURS.
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Woman is our word and it is ours alone.
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Here's our storage unit, all of our stuff.
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SOME PROPERTY OF OURS WAS STOLEN.
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THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS OF OURS.
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BABY, THEY'RE A PART OF MY LIFE, JUST LIKE MARY IS A PART OF YOUR LIFE AND NOW A PART OF OURS.
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THIS IS OURS.
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SO IS OURS.
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THE GOLD IS OURS.
Surface Forms
ours possessive pronoun
Morphology
Etymology
The word ours comes from the same root as our and us, words that mean 'belonging to us' or 'we'. So, ours is used to show something belongs to the speaker and other people with them.