Meaning

8 senses

  1. That or those belonging to us.

    Excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive ours)

    You can't take that! It's ours!

    Could we ask you to move, please. These seats are ours.

    unserer, unsere, unseres

    нашnaš

    нашnaš

  2. Including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive ours).

    We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.

    Don't you think that ours looks much nicer than theirs?

  3. 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.

  4. That or those belonging to people in general.

    As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority of ours.

  5. (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?

  6. (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?

  7. (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.

  8. (informal)Our house or home.

    You can stay the night at ours if you like.

Examples

238 sentences

  1. Your team is stronger than ours.

    Твоя команда сильніша, ніж наша.

    ruВаша команда сильнее нашей.

    deDeine Mannschaft ist stärker als unsere.

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  2. You're wasting your time and ours.

    Ти марнуєш і свій, і наш час.

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  3. The house on the corner is ours.

    Будинок на розі - наш.

    ruДом на углу наш.

    deDas Haus an der Ecke ist unseres.

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  4. We're looking for a friend of ours.

    Ми шукаємо одного нашого товариша.

    ruМы ищем одного нашего друга.

    deWir suchen einen unserer Freunde.

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  5. Tom is just a friend of ours.

    Том — лише наш друг.

    ruТом — просто один из наших друзей.

    deTom ist nur mit uns befreundet.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that which belongs to us:
Русский
By meaning 1
that which belongs to us:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that which belongs to us:

Origin

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s);

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.

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Forms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedof ours

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oughtounceB2ourA1ourselvesA2oustoutA1
ours — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto