ours

[US]/'auəz/
[UK]/aʊrz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

pron. belonging to us; not to anyone else

Phrases & Collocations

ourselves

Example Sentences

Ours are on the table.

ours was the ugliest house on the block.

this chat of ours is strictly between us.

This land is ours by right of conquest.

Their school challenged ours to a football match.

There isn't much correspondence beween their views and ours!

Their team really whipped ours at football.

They fulfilled their work ahead of time as we did ours.

Their children study hard while ours never study.

In the west some people think that ours is an age marked by a strong movement toward materialism.

strategies like ours can be numbered on the fingers of one hand.

Fill the savarin moulds with yogurt mixture. Keep in refrigerator for at least 4 ours or until the mixture is set.

That politician is too closely identified with the former government to become a minister in ours.

"If your team lose the game ours will lose it too, so we're both in the same boat."

Johns,POther Schools and Ours 0Comparative Studies for Today. London: Holt Rinehart and Winston.

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Real-world Examples

The shame is not ours to hold.

Source: Listening Digest

That little one right there, she`s ours.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

" They're not ours, " said Peter doubtfully.

Source: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Oh, come on! We all told you ours.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

" No, we can't. It isn't ours any more."

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

" And they were ours, ours! and now they are gone" .

Source: Peter Pan

Yeah, you know that case that you said was not ours?

Source: English little tyrant

Tell them the money isn't ours.

Source: Tiger and Leopard: The Little Overlord (Original Soundtrack)

Yeah, yeah, ours is so much more eloquent.

Source: Learning charging station

We'll try telling them again. It's our job. The money isn't ours.

Source: Tiger and Leopard: The Little Overlord (Original Soundtrack)

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