EGAVE

us

About 410.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol Alternative form of μs.
  2. pronoun Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed.
    Don't treat us like idiots.
  3. pronoun Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed.
    Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
  4. pronoun 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.
  5. pronoun 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.
  6. pronoun People in general.
    Grief ages us.
  7. pronoun The person(s) being addressed.
    Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
  8. pronoun 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 ...

Similar words

america usa united states united states of america rok nz iran asc uk prc

Often followed by

to that in the a with and from all

Word family

U.S. US we

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