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In some senses, us is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
/əs/
pron 5noun 4det 3name 2adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
based, better, enough, good, over, vicious
VERB + US
answer, awaiting, believed, can't, come, coming, don't, forget
US + NOUN
food, gays, idiots, lesbians, parade, teachers
PREP.
about, among, between, in, in, out, with, within
ADV.
surely
Definitions
pron
1
Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
Don't treat us like idiots.
2
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
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
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
People in general.
Grief ages 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
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
Our.
We'll have to throw us food out.
noun
1
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.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
Don't treat us like idiots.
Wiktionary02
Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
Wiktionary03
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
Wiktionary04
It's not good enough for us teachers.
Wiktionary05
Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions.
Wiktionary06
We'll have to throw us food out.
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