Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [ouuh r, ou-er; unstressed ahr]
- /aʊər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑr/
- /ˈaʊə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ouuh r, ou-er; unstressed ahr]
- /aʊər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑr/
Definitions of our word
- noun plural our (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular). 1
- noun plural our Metaphysics. the ego. 1
- noun our Belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified. 1
- adjective our owned by us 1
- pronoun our belonging to us 1
- determiner our You use our to indicate that something belongs or relates both to yourself and to one or more other people. 0
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Origin of our
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre, suppletive genitive plural of wē we from same base as ūs us
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Our
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
our popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
our usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with our
- when our taxes due?
- how long our dogs pregnant?
- how great is our god?
- how great is our god-lyrics?
- how great is our god+lyrics?
- how great is our god' lyrics?
- how great is our god lyrics?
- what will our baby look like?
- what percentage of our brain do we use?
- who is the father of our country?
- how great is our god chords?
- how great is our god' chords?
- how great is our god-chords?
- how great is our god+chords?
- our father who art in heaven?