ours

[ ouuh rz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz ]
/ aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrz /

pronoun

(a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective): Which house is ours?
that or those belonging to us: Ours was given second prize. Ours are in the car.

Origin of ours

1250–1300; Middle English (orig. north) ures, oures. See our, 's1

Words nearby ours

ouranos, ourari, ourie, ourinhos, ourn, ours, ourself, ourselves, ouse, ousel, ouspensky

Definition for ours (2 of 3)

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 ours (3 of 3)

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

Example sentences from the Web for ours

British Dictionary definitions for ours (1 of 6)

ours
/ (aʊəz) /

pronoun

something or someone belonging to or associated with us ours have blue tags
of ours belonging to or associated with us

British Dictionary definitions for ours (2 of 6)

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 ours (3 of 6)

i

symbol for

the imaginary number √–1 Also called: j

British Dictionary definitions for ours (4 of 6)

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 ours (5 of 6)

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 ours (6 of 6)

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

Medical definitions for ours

I

The symbol for the elementiodine
i The symbol forcurrent

Scientific definitions for ours (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 ours (2 of 2)

I

The symbol for electric current.
The symbol for iodine.

Idioms and Phrases with ours

i

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