the objective case of we, used as a direct or indirect object.
They took us to the circus. She asked us the way.
Informal. (used in place of the pronoun we in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's us!
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun our before a gerund).
She graciously forgave us spilling the gravy on the tablecloth.
Uncle Sam. Also U.S.
United Service.
United States. Also U.S.
United States highway (used with a number).
US 66.
refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people
don't hurt us
to decide among us
refers to all people or people in general
this table shows us the tides
an informal word for me 1
give us a kiss!
when used by editors, monarches, etc, a formal word for me 1
a dialect word for ourselves
we ought to get us a car
unserviceable
useless
ubi supra
ut supra
See me.
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German, Gothic uns
From Latin ubi suprā
From Latin ut suprā
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In 2025, he won five Grammy Awards for his hit song Not Like Us before headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“Extreme diets: How Lindsay and Nicole got so skinny — but have they gone too far?” the honorable Us Weekly wondered.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Leidy Klotz is an engineering professor and behavioral scientist at the University of Virginia, and the author of “In a Good Place: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
“Katy and Orlando have split but are amicable,” a source previously told Us Weekly.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
“The ease. Us, the children...I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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