Us Definition

ŭs
pronoun
Used as the direct object of a verb.
She saw us on the subway.
American Heritage

We [help us; give us the books]

Webster's New World
Used as the indirect object of a verb.
They offered us free tickets to the show.
American Heritage
Used as the object of a preposition.
This letter is addressed to us.
American Heritage
Used as a predicate nominative.
It's us.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Uncle Sam.
American Heritage
United States.
Webster's New World
Uniform System (of lens aperture)
American Heritage
United States highway.
American Heritage

(slang) United States dollar.

Wiktionary
determiner
The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
It's not good enough for us teachers.
Wiktionary
symbol
Alternative spelling of µs.
Wiktionary

Origin of Us

  • From Middle English us, from Old English Å«s (“us", dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us"), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (“us"). Cognate with West Frisian us, ús (“us"), Low German us (“us"), Dutch ons (“us"), German uns (“us"), Danish os (“us"), Latin nōs (“we, us").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English ūs nes-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

    From Wiktionary