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ours

  [ouuhrz, ou-erz or, often, ahrz]
Use Ours in a Sentence
–pronoun
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (orig. north) ures, oures. See our, 's 1

we

  [wee]
–plural pronoun, possessive our or ours, objective us.
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE wē; c. D wij, G wir, ON vēr, Goth weis

I

  [ahy] pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us; noun, plural I's.
–pronoun
1. the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
–noun
2. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
3. Metaphysics. the ego.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ik, ich, i; OE ic, ih; c. G ich, ON ek, L ego, Gk eg, OCS azŭ, Lith aš, Skt ahám

Usage note:
See me.
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ours

Ours\, possessive pron. See Note under Our.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Ours
Spanish: el (nuestro), la (nuestra), (los) nuestros, (las) nuestras,
German: der, *die, *das Unsere,
Japanese: 私たちのもの
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