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əs Pronoun Bre Gave Picture Wedding Present Dog

Word us
WordType (pronoun)
Phonetic BrE / əs / NAmE / əs /
Example
  • she gave us a picture as a wedding present.
  • we'll take the dog with us.
  • hello, it's us back again.
  • give us the newspaper, will you?
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us

(pronoun)BrE / əs / NAmE / əs /
  1. used when the speaker or writer and another or others are the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
    • She gave us a picture as a wedding present.
    • We'll take the dog with us.
    • Hello, it's us back again.
  2. me
    • Give us the newspaper, will you?

    Word Origin

    • Old English ūs, accusative and dative of we, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ons and German uns.
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