Define the word Us"Us" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
I \I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. My (m[imac]) or Mine
(m[imac]n); object. Me (m[=e]). pl. nom. We (w[=e]);
poss. Our (our) or Ours (ourz); object. Us ([u^]s).]
[OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G.
ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ.
ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179.
Cf. Egoism.]
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the
word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
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"Us" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Us \Us\, pron. [OE. us, AS. ?s; akin to OFries. & OS. ?s, D.
ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we,
us, Gr. ? we, Skr. nas us. ????. Cf. Nostrum, Our.]
The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; --
the objective case of we. See We. "Tell us a tale."
--Chaucer.
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Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi.
11.
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"Us" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
We \We\ (w[=e]), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. Our (our) or Ours
(ourz); obj. Us ([u^]s). See I.] [As. w[=e]; akin to OS.
w[imac], OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v[=e]r, Sw.
& Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. [root]190.]
The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first
person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing
denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the
subject of an action expressed by a verb.
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Note: We is frequently used to express men in general,
including the speaker. We is also often used by
individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of
themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism
in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The
plural style is also in use among kings and other
sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John
of England. Before that time, monarchs used the
singular number in their edicts. The German and the
French sovereigns followed the example of King John in
a. d. 1200.
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"U.S." wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
U.S.
n 1: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the
federal government of the United States [syn: United States government, United States, U.S. government,
US Government]
2: North American republic containing 50 states - 48
conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, US, USA,
U.S.A.]
"US" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
US
n : North American republic containing 50 states - 48
conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, U.S., USA,
U.S.A.]
"us" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"
US
Unit Separator (BTX, VPCE)
"us" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
US
Unit Separator
"us" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
us
The country code for the United States.
Usually used only by schools, libraries, and some state and
local governments. Other US sites, and many international
ones, use the non-national top-level domains .com, .edu etc.
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