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us (us)

pronoun

we[help us; give us the books]: also used as a predicate complement with a linking verb, although this usage is objected to by some [it's us]

Etymology: ME us, ous (acc. & dat. of we: see we) < OE us, dat., but also used, beside usic, as acc., akin to Ger uns < IE base *ns- < *nes-, *nos-, pl. of *ne-, *no-, we > L nos, we

US definition

US or U.S.

United States

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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