ours in English: The thing or things that belong to us. (pronoun)

Translation

The thing or things that belong to us.

Word origin

From Old English ure, meaning our, with an s added later.

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"Ours" means the car belongs to us.

, .

"Ours" stands for "our garden", so you do not say the noun again.

These .

"Ours" is used on its own, never before a noun.

our

Belonging to us, the speaker together with one or more other people.

us

The word for the speaker and one or more others, used as the object of a verb.

we

The word you use to talk about yourself together with one or more other people.

yours

The thing or things that belong to the person or people you are talking to.

mine

The one, or the ones, that belong to me.

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