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Word: Our
Speech Type: Determiner
Old English ūre, of Germanic origin; related to us and German unser
ˈaʊə
ɑː
belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified
Short Definition:belonging to speaker and one or more others people
Examples:- Jo and I had our hair cut
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
Short Definition:used by royal person etc.
Examples:- we want to know what you, our readers, think
used with a name to refer to a relative, friend, or colleague of the speaker
Short Definition:referring to relative, friend, etc. of speaker
Examples:- really, she is a one, our Gillian
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