us — English Dictionary

Pronoun

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

   Usage

   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   Don't treat us like idiots.

2. Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)

   Usage

   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   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

   Usage

   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   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.

   Usage

   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   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.

   Usage

   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   Grief ages us.

6. The person(s) being addressed.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

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

7. Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   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. Me.

   Usage

   • Commonwealth usage
   • Colloquial
   • personal
   • pronoun
   • usually
   • with certain verbs such as give

   Examples

   Give us a look at your paper.

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

   More examples (2)

   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. Me (in all contexts).

   Usage

   • Northumbria
   • personal
   • pronoun

   Examples

   Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.

   Could ye dee that for us?

Determiner

1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).

   Examples

   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).

   Usage

   • proscribed

   Examples

   Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions.

3. Our.

   Usage

   • Northern-England

   Examples

   We'll have to throw us food out.

Noun

1. The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   There is no us.

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