us
us BrE [əs] NAmE [əs] BrE strong form [ʌs] AmE strong form [ʌs] pronoun (the object form of we) 1. used when the speaker or writer and another or others are the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be • She gave us a picture as a wedding present. • We'll take the dog with us. •Hello, it's us back again. 2. (BrE, informal)me •Give us the newspaper, will you? Word Origin: [us] Old English ūs, accusative and dative of ↑we, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ons and German uns.
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