I.
Etymology: Middle English ure, oure, from Old English ūre (suppletive gen. of wē we); akin to Old High German unsēr of us, Old Norse vār, Gothic unsara of us, uns, unsis us — more at us
obsolete
possessive of we
II. (|)är, (|)au̇(ə)r, (|)au̇ə, (|)ȧ(r, esp in the South |au̇wə(r adjective
Etymology: Middle English ure, oure, from Old English ūre; akin to Old High German unsēr our, Old Norse vārr, Gothic unsar; derivative from the root of English us
1.
a. : of or belonging to us or ourselves or ourself as possessors or possessor : due to us : inherent in us : associated or connected with us
bumped our heads
defending our rights
all our relatives
b. : of or relating to us or ourselves as authors, doers, givers, or agents : effected by us : experienced by us as subject : that we are capable of
criticized all our words and actions
kept our promise
was angry because of our being late
did our very best
c. : of or relating to us as object of an action : experienced by us as object
expected our being chosen for the job
our injuries didn't amount to much
d. : that we have to do with or are supposed to possess or to have knowledge or a share of or some special interest in
we like golf and we know our game
e. : that is especially significant for us : that brings us good fortune or prominence — used with day or sometimes with other words indicating a division of time
today was really our day: everything went fine
2. : that we have in mind or are speaking of or to
we seem to have digressed from our topic
our readers will be interested, we feel sure
or that has some other special relation to us
our man was not so successful
III. ˈō(ə)r, ˈōə
dialect England
variant of over