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“Hours” or “Ours”

hours / ours are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

hours AW·er·z

  • nouna period of time assigned for work.
  • nounan indefinite period of time.

ours AW·er·z

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“hours”

  • …opposition were given just two hours to read the million-plus words,…
  • …should be abolished within 48 hours.
  • In less than 24 hours after the release of the…
  • …ride for more than 2 hours every day.
  • …was arrested in the early hours of Thursday 18 November 2010…
  • …not air news programming 24 hours a day, often filling late…
  • …newscasts of two to three hours in length.
  • …to as much over twelve hours of local news on weekdays…
  • …CBS News Sunday Morning, 48 Hours, and 60 Minutes).
  • …programs lasting from seconds to hours that provide updates on international,…

“ours”

  • - Possessive pronoun ours can introduce N-ellipsis
  • | our || ours
  • OURS
  • He added: "Ours will be an open, enlightened…
  • …passenger carriages in front of ours, the vans and the engine…
  • …Inti Raymi's "The World Is Ours!".
  • …have their limitations, we have ours.
  • …party so closely linked with ours, it ought to have kept…
  • …your friends, before we helped ours friends.
  • "Love Like Ours" (feat: Tarrus Riley) 14.

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