us

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

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

   Don't treat us like idiots.

2. 2
   pron

   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.

3. 3
   pron

   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.

4. 4
   pron

   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.

5. 5
   pron

   People in general.

   Grief ages us.

6. 6
   pron

   The person(s) being addressed.

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

7. 7
   pron

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

   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. 8
   pron

   Me.

   Give us a look at your paper.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé Proto-Germanic *uns Old English ūs Middle English us English us 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 lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).