[ouuh
rz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz] 
| 1. | (a form of the possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective): Which house is ours? |
| 2. | that or those belonging to us: Ours was given second prize. Ours are in the car. |
[wee] | 1. | nominative pl. of I. |
| 2. | (used to denote oneself and another or others): We have two children. In this block we all own our own houses. |
| 3. | (used to denote people in general): the marvels of science that we take for granted. |
| 4. | (used to indicate a particular profession, nationality, political party, etc., that includes the speaker or writer): We in the medical profession have moral responsibilities. |
| 5. | Also called the royal we. (used by a sovereign, or by other high officials and dignitaries, in place of I in formal speech): We do not wear this crown without humility. |
| 6. | Also called the editorial we. (used by editors, writers, etc., to avoid the too personal or specific I or to represent a collective viewpoint): As for this column, we will have nothing to do with shady politicians. |
| 7. | you (used familiarly, often with mild condescension or sarcasm, as in addressing a child, a patient, etc.): We know that's naughty, don't we? It's time we took our medicine. |
| 8. | (used in the predicate following a copulative verb): It is we who should thank you. |
| 9. | (used in apposition with a noun, esp. for emphasis): We Americans are a sturdy lot. |
[ahy] pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us; noun, plural I's.| 1. | the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself. |
| 2. | (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular). |
| 3. | Metaphysics. the ego. |
, OCS azŭ, Lith aš, Skt ahám| ours (ourz) pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to us: The original of the painting is ours. Their children are grown, but ours are still young. [Middle English oures, from oure, our, from Old English ūre; see nes-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
