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US
or U.S.abbr.
1. Uncle Sam
2. Uniform System (of lens aperture)
3. United States
4. United States highway
us
(ŭs)pron.The objective form of we
1. Used as the direct object of a verb: She saw us on the subway.
2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered us free tickets to the show.
3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to us.
4. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's us. See Usage Note at we.
5. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: We decided to get us another car. See Note at me.
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us
(ʌs)pron (objective)
1. refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people: don't hurt us; to decide among us.
2. refers to all people or people in general: this table shows us the tides.
3. an informal word for me1: give us a kiss!.
4. when used by editors, monarches, etc, a formal word for me1
5. chiefly US a dialect word for ourselves: we ought to get us a car.
[Old English ūs; related to Old High German uns, Old Norse oss, Latin nōs, Sanskrit nas we]
Usage: See at me1
us
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) United States
US
orU.S.
abbreviation for
(Placename) United States
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us
(ʌs)pron.
1. the objective case of we, used as a direct or indirect object: They took us to the circus. She asked us the way.
2. (used in place of the pronoun we in the predicate after the verb to be): It's us!
3. (used instead of the pronoun our before a gerund or present participle): She graciously forgave us spilling the gravy on the tablecloth.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon ūs, Old High German]
usage: See me.
U.S.
or US,
1. United Service.
2. United States.
u.s.
where mentioned above.
[< Latin ubi suprā]
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us
Us can be the object of a verb or preposition. You use us to refer to yourself and one or more other people.
Why didn't you tell us?
There wasn't room for us all.
Be Careful!
In standard English, don't use 'us' as the object of a sentence when we is the subject. Don't say, for example, 'We bought us some drinks'. You say 'We bought ourselves some drinks'.
After the meeting we introduced ourselves.
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Translations
ناإيانا: ضَمير المفعول به للمُتَكَلِّمينالوَلايَاتُ الـمُتَّحِدَة
námnáminásUSA
osUSA
ni
meUSA
miSAD
minketnekünk
okkur
私たちを米国
US우리를
mumsmus
mumsmūs
námnás
mi
ossUSA
เราสหรัฐอเมริกา
bizbizebiziDevletleri
chúng tanước Mỹ
US
N ABBR =United States the US → EE.UU., Estados Unidosin the US → en Estados Unidos
the US Army/government → el Ejército/gobierno estadounidense
us
[ʌs] PRON1. (direct/indirect object) → nos
they helped us → nos ayudaron
look at us! → ¡míranos!
give it to us → dánoslo
they gave us some brochures → nos dieron unos folletos
see if you can find us some food → mira a ver si nos encuentras algo de comer
they helped us → nos ayudaron
look at us! → ¡míranos!
give it to us → dánoslo
they gave us some brochures → nos dieron unos folletos
see if you can find us some food → mira a ver si nos encuentras algo de comer
2. (after prepositions, in comparisons, with the verb to be) → nosotros/as
why don't you come with us? → ¿por qué no vienes con nosotros?
several of us → varios de nosotros
he is one of us → es uno de nosotros
both of us → los dos
they are older than us → son mayores que nosotros
as for us English, we → en cuanto a nosotros los ingleses, ...
it's us → somos nosotros
why don't you come with us? → ¿por qué no vienes con nosotros?
several of us → varios de nosotros
he is one of us → es uno de nosotros
both of us → los dos
they are older than us → son mayores que nosotros
as for us English, we → en cuanto a nosotros los ingleses, ...
it's us → somos nosotros
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US
[ˌjuːˈɛs] (=United States) n abbr
the US → les États-Unis mpl
I arrived in the US in 1976 → Je suis arrivé aux États-Unis en 1976.
the US → les États-Unis mpl
I arrived in the US in 1976 → Je suis arrivé aux États-Unis en 1976.
modif [dollars, army, government, citizen] → américain(e) (des États-Unis d'Amérique)
us
[ˈʌs](STRONG) [əs] pron (gen) → nous
They helped us → Ils nous ont aidés.
They gave us a map → Ils nous ont donné une carte.
There wasn't room for us all → Il n'y avait de place pour nous tous.
They need us → Ils ont besoin de nous.
neither of us → aucun(e) d'entre nous
Neither of us forgot about it → Aucun d'entre nous n'a oublié.
They helped us → Ils nous ont aidés.
They gave us a map → Ils nous ont donné une carte.
There wasn't room for us all → Il n'y avait de place pour nous tous.
They need us → Ils ont besoin de nous.
neither of us → aucun(e) d'entre nous
Neither of us forgot about it → Aucun d'entre nous n'a oublié.
(= me) give us a chance! → soyez cool!
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US
abbr of United States → USA plus
pers pron
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us
[ʌs] pers pron pla. (direct, indirect) → ci; (stressed, after prep, in comparatives) → noi
they saw us → ci hanno visto
they're older than us → sono più vecchi di noi
we had some suitcases with us → avevamo con noi delle valigie
let's go → andiamo
us Scots → noialtri Scozzesi
they saw us → ci hanno visto
they're older than us → sono più vecchi di noi
we had some suitcases with us → avevamo con noi delle valigie
let's go → andiamo
us Scots → noialtri Scozzesi
b. (fam) (me) give us a kiss → dammi un bacino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
us
(as) pronoun (used as the object of a verb or preposition) the speaker or writer plus one or more other people. She gave us a present; A plane flew over us.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
us
→ الوَلايَاتُ الـمُتَّحِدَة, نا námi, USA os, USA uns, USA Η.Π.Α., μας EE.UU., nos me, USA nous, USA mi, SAD noi, Stati Uniti 私たちを, 米国 US, 우리를 ons, VS oss, USA nas, Stany Zjednoczone EUA, nós,nos нас, Соединенные Штаты oss, USA เรา, สหรัฐอเมริกา biz, Devletleri chúng ta, nước Mỹ 我们, 美国Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Could you show us around?
- Would you take a picture of us, please?
- Let's play soccer (US)
Let's play football (UK) - Let's go horseback riding (US)
Let's go horse riding (UK) - Let's go cycling
- Let's go swimming
- We'd like to see nobody but ourselves all day! (US)
We'd like to see nobody but us all day! (UK) - Please call us if you're going to be late (US)
Please call us if you'll be late (UK)
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