Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - us
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Us' is the first person plural pronoun. 'Us' is used as the object of a verb or a preposition. 1. A speaker or writer uses us to refer both to himself or herself and to one or more other people. You can use us before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are referring to. Neither of us forgot about it... Heather went to the kitchen to get drinks for us... They don’t like us much... He showed us aspects of the game that we had never seen before... Another time of great excitement for us boys was when war broke out. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 2. Us is sometimes used to refer to people in general. All of us will struggle fairly hard to survive if we are in danger... Each of us will have our own criteria for success. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 3. A speaker or writer may use us instead of ‘me’ in order to include the audience or reader in what they are saying. (mainly FORMAL) This brings us to the second question I asked. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 4. In non-standard English, us is sometimes used instead of ‘me’. (BRIT SPOKEN) ‘Hang on a bit,’ said Eileen. ‘I’m not finished yet. Give us a chance.’ PRON: v PRON, prep PRON US also U.S. The US is an abbreviation for the United States. The first time I saw TV was when I arrived in the US in 1956... They are to inherit 100,000 US dollars. N-PROPER: the N, N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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abbreviation United States US pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English us; akin to Old High German uns ~, Latin nos objective case of we ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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abbr. 1 United States (of America). 2 Under-Secretary. 3 unserviceable. US pron. 1 objective case of WE (they saw us). 2 colloq. = WE (it's us again). 3 colloq. = ME(1) (give us a kiss). Etymology: OE us f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. косв. п. от we 2. простореч. мы he wouldn't believe that it was us —- он ни за что не поверил бы, что это были мы 3. в грам. знач. возвр. мест.: уст. -ся, -сь, себя, себе, собой we looked about us in surprise —- мы с удивлением огляделись we took the documents away with us —- мы унесли документы с собой we sat us down —- мы сели 4. в грам. знач. сущ.: наше судно, наш корабль ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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onc. abbr. Ultasound (scan) lab. abbr. Ultrasound physiol. abbr. Unconditioned Stimulus physiol. abbr. Ultrasound physiol. abbr. Uterine Suspension supp. abbr. U. S. Capacitor NASA abbr. Ultimate Service NASA abbr. Upravlayemyi Sputnik transport. abbr. Unione Sportiva transport. abbr. United States transport. abbr. Ultra Speed mil. abbr. United States mil. abbr. Uniform System mil. abbr. Upper Secondary country abbr. United States electron. abbr. Ultra Short adult abbr. Uncle Sucker gen. comp. abbr. Unit Separator educ. abbr. United States educ. abbr. Unusually Smart sport abbr. Uncontested Shot fam. abbr. Uwe Schmidt fam. abbr. Uncle Sam religion abbr. United Souls gen. bus. abbr. User Services gen. bus. abbr. U Save firm name abbr. Ultimate Spas dom. name abbr. Sites in the United States ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. us, accusative and dative pl. of we, from PIE *ns- (the -n- is preserved in Du. ons, Ger. uns). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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