Definition/Meaning of us

• English - Pronoun: us (personal pronoun; the objective case of we) (personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. ( exclusive us.) Don't treat us like idiots. (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. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […]…
• English - Determiner: us 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. (proscribed) Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case). 1988 February 7, Mike Riegle, quoting John Royal, “Why Does GCN Have A Prisoner Project?”, in Gay Community…
• English - Noun: us (informal) The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person. There is no us . Us is the best thing that's ever happened to me. us (alternative, rare) Alternative form of u's .
• English - Anagrams: SU , Su
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English us , from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was l os t in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low…