Definition of "us" in English

pronoun

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

   • Don't treat us like idiots.

2. Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)

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

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:

   • Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
   • Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.

4. Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

   • 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.

5. People in general.

   • Grief ages us.

6. (colloquial) The person(s) being addressed.

   • Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.

7. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.

   • Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ...

8. (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with certain verbs such as give, get, fetch, etc.) Me.

   • Give us a look at your paper.
   • Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
   • She's turned the weans against us!
   • (talking to oneself) Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ... if it gives us a shock then ... Ow!

9. (Northumbria) Me (in all contexts).

   • Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.
   • Could ye dee that for us?

determiner

1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).

   • It's not good enough for us teachers.

2. (proscribed) Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).

3. (Northern England, Nottinghamshire) Our.

   • We'll have to throw us food out.

noun