ours meaning

Definition of ours

1. the one or ones belonging to us
   • the car is ours

ours in a sentence

• Machines that his company produces are superior to ours.
• The house whose roof you can see over there is ours.
• I do not suspect that his opinion is any different from ours.
• A woman friend of ours took a trip to a small town last week.
• Every house on our street was blue except ours.

How to pronounce ours

ours is pronounced /ˈaʊəz/ in British English and /ˈaʊɚz/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.