Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

both of ours

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
both- of ours
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

That which belongs to both of us; the possessive first-person pronoun used without a following noun.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

from both of us and ours.

Usage

Phrases

you ally'all you guys yous all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Frequently Paired Words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen

Questions

What does both of ours mean?
That which belongs to both of us; the possessive first-person pronoun used without a following noun.
Where does both of ours come from?
from both of us and ours.

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