ours
Meanings
Plural: ours
Pron
- That or those belonging to us.
- Excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive ours)
- That or those belonging to us.
- Including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive ours).
- That or those belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
- That or those belonging to people in general.
- That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
- That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
- Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
- Our house or home.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.
Scrabble Score: 4
ours is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordours is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ours is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 5
ours is a valid Words With Friends word