us.
Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
Meaning & usage
Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
Don't treat us like idiots.
Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
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
Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.
Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.
I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.
People in general.
Grief ages us.
The person(s) being addressed.
Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
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 ...
Me.
Give us a look at your paper.
Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
Me (in all contexts).
Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.
Could ye dee that for us?
Where this word comes from
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”).
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.
Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).
Our.
We'll have to throw us food out.
Where this word comes from
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”).
The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.
There is no us.
Us is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Alternative form of u's.
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