Are vs. Our

By Jaxson

  • Are (noun)

    Grace, mercy.

    “To bid God’s are.”

    “God’s are is what children of God seek.”

  • Are (noun)

    Honour, dignity.

  • Are (noun)

    An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

  • Our (determiner)

    Belonging to us.

  • Our (determiner)

    Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.

  • Our (determiner)

    Used before a person’s name to indicate that the person is in one’s family, or is a very close friend.

    “I’m going to see our Terry for tea.”

  • Our (verb)

    misspelling of are

Wiktionary
  • Are (noun)

    a metric unit of measurement, equal to 100 square metres.

  • Our (determiner)

    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”

  • Our (determiner)

    belonging to or associated with people in general

    “when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly”

  • Our (determiner)

    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 want to know what you, our readers, think”

  • Our (determiner)

    used with a name to refer to a relative, friend, or colleague of the speaker

    “really, she is a one, our Gillian”

Oxford Dictionary

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