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1. (pron.) us
the objective case of we , used as a direct or indirect object:
They took us to the circus. She asked us the way.
2. us
(used in place of the pronoun we in the predicate after the verb to be):
It's us!
3. us
(used instead of the pronoun our before a gerund or present participle):
She graciously forgave us spilling the gravy on the tablecloth.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS ūs, OHG)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
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1. (noun) US
the U.S./US
the United States; the country in North America between Canada and Mexico
She lives in the U.S.
2. (pronoun) us
the object of "we", indicates the group the speaker is a part of
Give us a few minutes to talk.; The officer walked over to us.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. US
of I
2. US
the persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We
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Sense: (used as the object of a verb or preposition) the speaker or writer plus one or more other people
She gave us a present; A plane flew over us.
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 Afrikaans: ons |
 Arabic: إيانا: ضَمير المفعول به ل |
 Bulgarian: нас |
 Brazilian: nos |
 Czech: nám, nás |
 German: uns |
 Danish: os |
 Greek: εμάς, μας |
 Spanish: nos, nosotros; nos, nosot |
 Estonian: meie, meid, meile |
 Farsi: ما |
 Finnish: meidän, meidät, meille |
 French: nous |
 Hebrew: אוֹתָנוּ |
 Hindi: हमें, हमको |
 Croatian: mi, nas |
 Hungarian: minket; nekünk |
 Indonesian: kami |
 Icelandic: okkur |
 Italian: noi, ci, ce |
 Japanese: 我々を |
 Korean: (we의 목적격 |
 Lithuanian: mus, mums |
 Latvian: mūs; mums |
 Malay: kita |
 Dutch: ons |
 Norwegian: oss |
 Polish: nam, nas |
 Persian: ما |
 Pashto: موږ، موږ ته |
 Portuguese: nos |
 Romanian: pe noi; nouă, ne, ni |
 Russian: нам(и) |
 Slovak: nám, nás |
 Slovenian: nas, nam |
 Serbian: nas |
 Swedish: oss |
 Thai: เรา |
 Turkish: bizi, bize |
 Taiwanese: 我們(受格) |
 Ukrainian: нас, нам, нами |
 Urdu: ہم سب |
 Vietnamese: chúng tôi, chúng ta |
 Chinese: 我们（宾格） |
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