Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [ouuh rz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz]
- /aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrz/
- /ɑːz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ouuh rz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz]
- /aʊərz, ˈaʊ ərz or, often, ɑrz/
Definitions of ours word
- noun plural ours (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular). 1
- noun plural ours Metaphysics. the ego. 1
- noun ours Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified. 1
- pronoun ours You use ours to refer to something that belongs or relates both to yourself and to one or more other people. 0
- pronoun ours something or someone belonging to or associated with us 0
- pronoun ours that or those belonging to us: the possessive form of we, used without a following noun, often after of 0
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Origin of ours
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (orig. north) ures, oures. See our, 's1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ours
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ours popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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".
ours usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with ours
- ours is not to reason why?