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our
belonging 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.
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our
(our)adj.The possessive form of we
Used as a modifier before a noun: our accomplishments; our hometown.
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our
(aʊə)determiner
1. 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 monarchs
4. 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 ūre (genitive plural), from us; related to Old French, Old Saxon ūser, Old High German unsēr, Gothic unsara]
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our
(aʊər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑr)pron.
[before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre]
usage: See me.
-our
Brit. var. of -or1.
usage: See -or1.
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Translations
…نَالنا، خاصَّتُنانا
náš
vores
nia
nuestronuestro/anuestros/as
meidän
naš
okkar
私たちの
우리우리의
noster
mūsųpatys
mūsu
nostru
náš
naš
vår
ของเรา
bizim-imiz
của chúng tôi
our
[aʊəʳ] POSS ADJ (with singular noun) → nuestro/a; (with plural noun) → nuestros/asour house → nuestra casa
our neighbours are very nice → nuestros vecinos son muy simpáticos
we took off our coats → nos quitamos los abrigos
they stole our car → nos robaron el coche
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
our
[ˈaʊər] adj (followed by singular noun) → notre; (followed by plural noun) → nosOur house is quite big → Notre maison est plutôt grande.
Our neighbours are very nice → Nos voisins sont très gentils.Our Lady n (= the Virgin Mary) → la Sainte Vierge fOur Lord n (= Jesus Christ) → notre Seigneur m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
our
poss adj → unser; these are our own make → die stellen wir selbst her; Our Father (in prayer) → Vater unser; the Our Father → das Vaterunser or Unservater (Sw) ? also my POSS ADJ
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
our
[ˈaʊəʳ] poss adj → il nostro/la nostra, i nostri/le nostre plthis is our house → questa è la nostra casa
at our house → a casa nostra
our brother → nostro fratello
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
our
(auə) adjective belonging to us. This is our house.
ours (auəz) pronoun the one(s) belonging to us. The house is ours.
ourˈselves pronoun1. used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform. We saw ourselves in the mirror.
2. used to emphasize we, ~us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc. We ourselves played no part in this.
3. without help etc. We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.
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our
→ …نَا náš vores unser δικός μας nuestro meidän notre naš nostro 私たちの 우리의 ons vår nasz nosso наш vår ของเรา bizim của chúng tôi 我们的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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