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us

Pronounced:

/ˈʌs/Listen to audio

Function:

pronoun objective form of we

Meaning:

1used to refer to the speaker and another person or group of people as the indirect object or direct object of a verb It was nice of you to invite us. It's fine with us if you want to bring a friend. There's nobody in here but us kids. Someone please help us! It's just the two of us for dinner. They told us it would be a few minutes, so why don't we all wait outside? All of us [=we all] will be affected by these changes. It's an exciting time for all of us.
2 : people in general Does God walk among us?
3 Brit informal : me Give us a kiss.
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