Us

Pronunciation

• stressed enPR: Å­s, IPA: /ÊŒs/
• unstressed IPA: /É™s/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒs

From Middle English us, from Old English ūs ("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").

Full definition of us

Pronoun

1. (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
2. (colloquial) meGive us a look at your paper.Give us your wallet!

Determiner

1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.It's not good enough for us teachers.

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

Symbol

1. Alternative spelling of µs

Anagrams

• SU, Su