us

pron

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

   “Don't treat us like idiots.”

2. (personal, pronoun)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...”

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

   “Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.”

   “Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.”

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.

   “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.”

5. (personal, pronoun)People in general.

   “Grief ages us.”

6. (colloquial, personal, pronoun)The person(s) being addressed.

   “Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.”

7. (colloquial, personal, pronoun)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 ...”

8. (Commonwealth, colloquial, personal, pronoun, usually)Me.

   “Give us a look at your paper.”

   “Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.”

   “She's turned the weans against us!”

   “(talking to oneself) Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ... if it gives us a shock then ... Ow!”

9. (Northumbria, personal, pronoun)Me (in all contexts).

   “Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.”

   “Could ye dee that for us?”

det

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. (proscribed)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.”

3. (Northern-England)Our.

   “We'll have to throw us food out.”

noun

1. (informal)The relationship (usually romantic) between the speaker and listener or some other unspecified person.

   “There is no us.”

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

2. (alt-of, alternative, rare)Alternative form of u's.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of unconditioned stimulus.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of ultrasonography or ultrasound.
5. (form-of, plural)plural of U

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of the United States: a country in North America.

   “ICANN is based in the US.”

   “legal residents of the contiguous US”

   “Some 35 states, all five US territories and four tribes have told the US Department of Agriculture that they will participate in Summer EBT this year, covering about 70% of the children eligible for the program.”

   “From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Upper Sorbian.

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of undersize.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of unserviceable.

   “The radio is US.”