Meaning

Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.).

Definitions by Sense

1. Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
2. Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
3. 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:
4. Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
5. People in general.
6. (colloquial) The person(s) being addressed.
7. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
8. (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with certain verbs such as give, get, fetch, etc.) Me.

Example Sentences

Don't treat us like idiots.

Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.

Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.

It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.

I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.

Grief ages us.

Word Forms

• -'s
• uz
• is
• iz

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When Should You Use Us?

Use us when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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