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our
1[ ouuhr, ou-er; unstressed ahr ]
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?
-our
2- variant of -or 1.
our
1/ aʊə /
determiner
- of, belonging to, or associated in some way with us
our parents are good to us
our best vodka
- 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
-our
2suffix forming nouns
- indicating state, condition, or activity
labour
behaviour
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
“I hope that our recommendations will be used in future policy design and legal challenges.”
“We will not be bullied or allow our rights to be trampled on or stolen,” the group said.
Slotkin said it’s not a secret that Democrats “have been on their heels since Trump won the election,” are “still finding our footing” and need to land on a better strategy to respond to Trump as he continues “flooding the zone” with controversial and chaos-inducing policy measures.
“We’re here today to in fact make sure that after so many people in our country have fought and fought and died for democracy, that we are going to be — stay — a government of the people, by the people and for the people,” he said.
“We left this morning because we were told gunmen came to our building in Tartus and they have been picking up fighting-age men,” Abu Ali said, pointing to his sons, all young men over the age of 18.
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