Meaning of our in English

our

determiner

/ˈaʊ.ɚ/ /aʊr/ uk

/aʊər/ /ɑːr/

of or belonging to us:

We bought our house several years ago.

He walked off and left us on our own.

Drugs are one of the greatest threats in our society.

There's no point in our buying a new car this year.

More examples

Customs stopped us and checked our bags for alcohol and cigarettes.
Our new house is heaps bigger than our last one.
The police officer identified himself and asked for our help.
It was too dark to read our map and we took a wrong turning.
We were all really tired out after our long trip.

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Linguistics: possessive forms

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Pronouns: possessive (my, mine, your, yours, etc.)

We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun: …

(Definition of our from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

our | Intermediate English

our

pronoun [ pl ]

/ɑʊər, ɑr/

belonging to or connected with us; the possessive form of we, used before a noun:

These are our children.

Our plans have changed.

(Definition of our from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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我們的…

私たちの（”we” の所有格）…

bizim, bizlerin…

notre, nos…

el nostre…

لَنا…

náš…

vores…

milik kami…

ของเรา…

của chúng ta…

nasz, swój…

kami…

unser…

vår…

우리의…

nosso…

我们的…

nostro, nostro/a/i/e…

наш, наша, наше…

nuestro, nuestra…

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