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.

Pronoun

• A possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to us'.

Examples

• "The victory is truly ours," declared the Words With Friends player after a decisive final turn.
• As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority of ours.
• Could we ask you to move, please. These seats are ours.
• Don't you think that ours looks much nicer than theirs?
• French food is better than ours.
• Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight? I know I've got my happy face on; have we all got ours on too?
• Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning? Oh, what's that bottle of tablets under our chair? Is that ours?
• Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. There are lots of recipes for these, but ours is the best.
• This beach is a favourite of ours.
• We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.
• You can stay the night at ours if you like.
• You can't take that! It's ours!