us

Meaning

Pron

1. (personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
2. (personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
3. (personal, pronoun) 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
4. (personal, pronoun) Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
5. (personal, pronoun) People in general.
6. (colloquial, personal, pronoun) The person(s) being addressed.
7. (colloquial, personal, pronoun) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
8. (Commonwealth, colloquial, personal, pronoun, usually) Me.
9. (Northumbria, personal, pronoun) Me (in all contexts).

Det

1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).
2. (proscribed) Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).
3. (Northern-England) Our.

Noun

Alternative form of u's.

Synonyms

we

our

ourselves

you and me

me

ours

to us

you

all of us

my

me and them

hammock

pals

that

them

they

this

for us

I

Translations

uns

nous

noi

nos

ons

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ci

nosotros

aan ons

μας

nosotras

a noi

nobis

wij

we

ens

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: us

Inherited from Old English: ūs

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: uus

Cognate with Western Frisian: us

Cognate with Low German: us

Cognate with Dutch: ons

Cognate with German: uns

Cognate with Danish: os

Cognate with Latin: nōs

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Why , he would eat us all up .

She took care of Bobby for us .

Do you know if Dylan is going to go with us ?

My daughter , you want to prevent us from working ?

A bus shuttle took us from the airport to the metro .

Despair is something that haunts us at night .