us
Meaning
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- Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
- (colloquial) Me.
- Our.
- Me (in all contexts).
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌs/
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-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed while being used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
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Sentences
My daughter, you want to prevent us from working ?
Turn out the lantern which gives us light.
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