our

[ ouuh r, ou-er; unstressed ahr ]
/ aʊər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑr /

pronoun

(a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective): Our team is going to win. Do you mind our going on ahead?
Compare ours.

Origin of our

before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre, suppletive genitive plural of wē we from same base as ūs us

usage note for our

See me.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH our

are hour our

Words nearby our

ounce, ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an, ouncer, oupa, ouphe, our, our father, our lady, our town, ouranos, ourari

Definition for our (2 of 4)

we
[ wee ]
/ wi /

plural pronoun, possessive our or ours, objective us.

Origin of we

before 900; Middle English, Old English wē; cognate with Dutch wij, German wir, Old Norse vēr, Gothic weis

Definition for our (3 of 4)

I
[ ahy ]
/ aɪ /

pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.

the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.

noun, plural I's.

(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
Metaphysics. the ego.

Origin of I

before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i; Old English ic, ih; cognate with German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, OCS azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

usage note for I

See me.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH I

aye eye I

Definition for our (4 of 4)

-our

British.

variant of -or1.

usage note for -our

See -or1.

British Dictionary definitions for our (1 of 7)

our
/ (aʊə) /

determiner

of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us our best vodka; our parents are good to us
belonging to or associated with all people or people in general our nearest planet is Venus
a formal word for my used by editors or other writers, and monarchs
informal (often sarcastic) used instead of your are our feet hurting?
dialect belonging to the family of the speaker it's our Sandra's birthday tomorrow

Word Origin for our

Old English ūre (genitive plural), from us; related to Old French, Old Saxon ūser, Old High German unsēr, Gothic unsara

British Dictionary definitions for our (2 of 7)

i

I

/ (aɪ) /

noun plural i's, I's or Is

the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
  1. something shaped like an I
  2. (in combination)an I-beam
dot the i's and cross the t's to pay meticulous attention to detail

British Dictionary definitions for our (3 of 7)

i

symbol for

the imaginary number √–1 Also called: j

British Dictionary definitions for our (4 of 7)

we
/ (wiː) /

pronoun (subjective)

refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people we should go now
refers to all people or people in general the planet on which we live
  1. when used by editors or other writers, and formerly by monarchs, a formal word for I 1
  2. (as noun)he uses the royal we in his pompous moods
informal used instead of you with a tone of persuasiveness, condescension, or sarcasm how are we today?

Word Origin for we

Old English wē, related to Old Saxon wī, Old High German wir, Old Norse vēr, Danish, Swedish vi, Sanskrit vayam

British Dictionary definitions for our (5 of 7)

I 1
/ (aɪ) /

pronoun

(subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

Word Origin for I

C12: reduced form of Old English ic; compare Old Saxon ik, Old High German ih, Sanskrit ahám

British Dictionary definitions for our (6 of 7)

I 2

symbol for

chem iodine
physics current
physics isospin
logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A, E, O 1
(Roman numeral) one See Roman numerals

abbreviation for

Italy (international car registration)

Word Origin for I

(for sense 4) from Latin ( aff) i ( rmo) I affirm

British Dictionary definitions for our (7 of 7)

-our

suffix forming nouns

indicating state, condition, or activity behaviour; labour

Word Origin for -our

in Old French -eur, from Latin -or, noun suffix

Medical definitions for our

I

The symbol for the elementiodine
i The symbol forcurrent

Scientific definitions for our (1 of 2)

i
[ ī ]

The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.

Scientific definitions for our (2 of 2)

I

The symbol for electric current.
The symbol for iodine.

Idioms and Phrases with our

i

see dot the i's and cross the t's.