us

Plural

uss

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.(informal)

   • Us is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

2. 2.plural of U

Pron

Pronoun

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A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

1. 1.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.

2. 2.Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

   • Don't treat us like idiots.

3. 3.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.
   • Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us..

4. 4.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.

Det

Determiner

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A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

1. 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. 2.Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).

   • Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions.

Overall

Very common· #102

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Very common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Word family

• used
• user