ourspronoun
uk/aʊəz//ɑːz/us/ˈaʊ.ɚz//aʊrz/A2 the one(s) belonging to or connected with the person who is speaking and one or more other people:
Which table is ours?
He's a cousin of ours.
Ours is the red car parked over there.
Ours is a huge country.
More examples
- Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined.
- Their results dovetail nicely with ours.
- There were mutters that other departments received more money than ours.
- Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've been ripped off.
- The house next to ours was struck by a bolt of lightning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: possessive forms
- hers
- his
- its
- mine
- my
- our
- s
- the
- their
- theirs
- thine
- thy
- us
- yer
- your
- yours