our [ o·u·r ]
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Possessive determiner
1. Belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified.
We get assigned to this inferior work track because we are identifiable by our sex.
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2. Belonging to or associated with people in general.
He certainly believes our brain could do with some help in coming up with ideas.
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3. Used in formal contexts by a royal person or a writer or editor to refer to something belonging to or associated with himself or herself.
We leave it to the wisdom of our readers to decide which way to lean in the debate.
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4. Used with a name to refer to a relative, friend, or colleague of the speaker.
My cross belongs to our Tony.
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Origin
1. Old English ūre, of Germanic origin; related to us and German unser.

