(|)əs pronoun, objective case of we
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūs; akin to Old High German & Gothic uns us, Old Norse oss, Latin nos, Greek hēmas (Aeolic amme ), Sanskrit nas, asmān
1. : we I 1:
a.
(1) — used as indirect object of a verb
give us this day our daily bread — Mt 6:11 (Authorized Version)
(2) obsolete — used as a vague indirect object simply to suggest the concern or involvement of a group including the one speaking or writing
they wounded us only one man — London Gazette
b. — used as object of a preposition
walking away from us
men, women, all of us , just because we are human — Walter de la Mare
c. — used as direct object of a verb
they were visiting us
d. — used in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition
the march tired the other platoon more than us
the bank would rather give you a loan than us
time has dealt as harshly with them as us
e. — used in absolute or elliptical constructions
who, us
especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle
it is best not to speak to him, us not knowing to what ideology his loyalty might or might not belong — Peggy Bennett
f. — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers though disapproved by some grammarians in the predicate after forms of be, in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb, and in other positions where it is itself neither the subject of a verb nor the object of a verb or preposition
the miraculous generation which is us — Arnold Bennett
you are bigger and stronger than us women — K.A.Menninger
us and our little problems
g.
(1) — used chiefly in substandard speech and formerly also by reputable writers as part of the compound subject of a verb or especially with an immediately following appositive noun as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede
our neighbors and us don't like that
us kids were always given a swallow — Walter Karig
(2) chiefly dialect — used as the subject of a verb from which it is not separated by other words
us lived in a two-story house — Ralph Ellison
h. — used like the adjective our with a gerund by speakers and writers on all educational levels though disapproved by some grammarians
she approved of us getting summer jobs
2. : ourselves , ourself — used reflexively as indirect object of a verb
we built us a shack by the lake
object of a preposition
we'll take you with us
or direct object of a verb
now we will divest us … of rule, interest of territory, cares of state — Shakespeare
3.
a. : me I 1 — used by kings and other sovereigns and by editors and other writers when we is used instead of I
what touches us ourself shall be last served — Shakespeare
— compare we I 2
b. : me I 1 — used in ordinary situations by a speaker of any kind in reference to himself
give us a goodnight kiss — Richard Llewellyn
4. : our ship
about to board us