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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Webster is the man definitively responsible for removing the u’s from “colour” and “honour,” for example.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
And there are going to be a lot more u’s on the prompter.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2013
Or ‘you are sooo ugly’ — but with 10 u’s, 10 g’s, 10 l’s, like they’re all screaming it at someone.”
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2010
It kept reading my a's as g's or u's, my b's as d's and sprinkling periods liberally throughout my text.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let u's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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