Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - our

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Our' is the first person plural possessive determiner. 1. You use our to indicate that something belongs or relates both to yourself and to one or more other people. We’re expecting our first baby... I locked myself out of our apartment and had to break in... DET 2. A speaker or writer sometimes uses our to indicate that something belongs or relates to people in general. We are all entirely responsible for our actions, and for our reactions. DET