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our / ou(ə)r; är/ • possessive adj. 1. belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified: Jo and I had our hair cut. ∎  belonging to or associated with people in general: when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly.2. used by a writer, editor, or monarch to refer to something belonging to or associated with himself or herself: we want to know what you, our readers, think.

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