English
us
see also: US, Us
Pronunciation
  • (stressed) enPR: ŭs, IPA: /ʌs/, IPA: /ʌz/
  • (unstressed) (America) IPA: /əs/, (British) IPA: /əs/, /əz/
Pronoun
  1. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1:
      Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
  2. (colloquial) Me.
    Give us a look at your paper.
    Give us your wallet!
  3. (Northern England) Our.
    We'll have to throw us food out.
Translations Translations Determiner
  1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
    It's not good enough for us teachers.
Noun
  1. plural form of u
US
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /juː.ɛs/
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of United States
    ICANN is based in the US.
    legal residents of the 48 contiguous US and DC
Translations
  • French: EU
  • Spanish: EE. UU., EU
Adjective

us

  1. Abbreviation of unserviceable#English|unserviceable.
    The radio is US
Us
Noun
  1. plural form of U


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