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Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of undersize. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
- 2 Abbreviation of unserviceable. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
"The radio is US."
- 1 Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).
"It's not good enough for us teachers."
- 2 Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case). proscribed
"Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions."
- 3 Our. Northern-England
"We'll have to throw us food out."
- 1 Initialism of the United States: a country in North America. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"ICANN is based in the US."
- 2 Initialism of Upper Sorbian. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Alternative form of u's. alt-of, alternative, rare
- 2 Initialism of unconditioned stimulus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 plural of U form-of, plural
- 4 Initialism of ultrasonography (ultrasound). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.) personal, pronoun
"Don't treat us like idiots."
- 2 Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.) personal, pronoun
"Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift."
- 3 We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula personal, pronoun
"Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us."
- 4 Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc. personal, pronoun
"It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us."
- 5 People in general. personal, pronoun
"Grief ages us."
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- 6 The person(s) being addressed. colloquial, personal, pronoun
"Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please."
- 7 Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. colloquial, personal, pronoun
"Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ..."
- 8 Me. Commonwealth, colloquial, personal, pronoun, usually
"Give us a look at your paper."
- 9 Me (in all contexts). Northumbria, personal, pronoun
"Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé Proto-Germanic *uns Old English ūs Middle English us English us From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé Proto-Germanic *uns Old English ūs Middle English us English us From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
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