us

[uhs]
pronoun
1.
the objective case of we, used as a direct or indirect object: They took us to the circus. She asked us the way.
2.
Informal. (used in place of the pronoun we in the predicate after the verb to be ): It's us!
3.
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun our before a gerund): She graciously forgave us spilling the gravy on the tablecloth.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German, Gothic uns

Usage note
2, 3. See me.
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US

1.
United States.
2.
United States highway (used with a number): US 66.
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U.S.

1.
Uncle Sam.
2.
United Service.
3.
United States.

u.s.

1.
where mentioned above. Origin:
< Latin ubi suprā.
2.
as above: a formula in judicial acts, directing that what precedes be reviewed. Origin:
< Latin ut suprā.

U, u

[yoo]
noun, plural U's or Us, u's or us.
1.
the 21st letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2.
any spoken sound represented by the letter U or u, as in music, rule, curious, put, or jug.
3.
something having the shape of a U .
4.
a written or printed representation of the letter U or u.
5.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter U or u.

we

[wee]
plural pronoun, possessive our or ours, objective us.
1.
nominative plural of I.
2.
(used to denote oneself and another or others): We have two children. In this block we all own our own houses.
3.
(used to denote people in general): the marvels of science that we take for granted.
4.
(used to indicate a particular profession, nationality, political party, etc., that includes the speaker or writer): We in the medical profession have moral responsibilities.
5.
Also called the royal we. (used by a sovereign, or by other high officials and dignitaries, in place of I in formal speech): We do not wear this crown without humility.
6.
Also called the editorial we. (used by editors, writers, etc., to avoid the too personal or specific I or to represent a collective viewpoint): As for this column, we will have nothing to do with shady politicians.
7.
you (used familiarly, often with mild condescension or sarcasm, as in addressing a child, a patient, etc.): We know that's naughty, don't we? It's time we took our medicine.
8.
(used in the predicate following a copulative verb): It is we who should thank you.
9.
(used in apposition with a noun, especially for emphasis): We Americans are a sturdy lot.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English wē; cognate with Dutch wij, German wir, Old Norse vēr, Gothic weis

I

[ahy] pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us; noun, plural I's.
pronoun
1.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
noun
2.
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
3.
Metaphysics. the ego.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i; Old English ic, ih; cognate with German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, OCS azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

Usage note
See me.

U

[oo]
noun
a Burmese title of respect applicable to a man: used before the proper name.
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i or I (aɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl i's, I's, Is
1.  the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
2.  any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
3.  a.  something shaped like an I
 b.  (in combination): an I-beam
4.  dot the i's and cross the t's to pay meticulous attention to detail
 
I or I
 
—n

i or I (aɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl i's, I's, Is
1.  the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
2.  any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
3.  a.  something shaped like an I
 b.  (in combination): an I-beam
4.  dot the i's and cross the t's to pay meticulous attention to detail
 
I or I
 
—n

i
 
—symbol for
Also called: j the imaginary number √--1

I1 (aɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pron
(subjective) refers to the speaker or writer
 
[C12: reduced form of Old English ic; compare Old Saxon ik, Old High German ih, Sanskrit ahám]

I2
 
—symbol for
1.  chem iodine
2.  physics current
3.  physics isospin
4.  logic A E Compare O a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP
5.  Roman numeral See Roman numerals one
 
—abbreviation for
6.  Italy (international car registration)
 
[(for sense 4) from Latin (aff)i(rmo) I affirm]

u or U (juː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl u's, U's, Us
1.  the 21st letter and fifth vowel of the modern English alphabet
2.  any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in mute, cut, hurt, sure, pull, or minus
3.  a.  something shaped like a U
 b.  (in combination): a U-bolt; a U-turn
 
U or U
 
—n

u or U (juː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl u's, U's, Us
1.  the 21st letter and fifth vowel of the modern English alphabet
2.  any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in mute, cut, hurt, sure, pull, or minus
3.  a.  something shaped like a U
 b.  (in combination): a U-bolt; a U-turn
 
U or U
 
—n

U1
 
—symbol for
1.  united
2.  unionist
3.  university
4.  in Britain
 a.  universal (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
 b.  (as modifier): a U film
5.  chem uranium
6.  biochem uracil
 
—abbreviation for
7.  text messaging you
 
—adj
8.  old-fashioned, informal (Brit) Compare non-U (esp of language habits) characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class

U2 (uː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
a Burmese title of respect for men, equivalent to Mr

us1 (ʌs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pron
1.  refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people: don't hurt us; to decide among us
2.  refers to all people or people in general: this table shows us the tides
3.  an informal word for me : give us a kiss!
4.  when used by editors, monarches, etc, a formal word for me
5.  chiefly (US) a dialect word for ourselves : we ought to get us a car
 

us2
 
—the internet domain name for
United States

US or U.S.
 
—abbreviation for
United States
 
U.S. or U.S.
 
—abbreviation for

US or U.S.
 
—abbreviation for
United States
 
U.S. or U.S.
 
—abbreviation for

u.s.
 
—abbreviation for
1.  ubi supra
2.  ut supra

we (wiː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pron
1.  refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people: we should go now
2.  refers to all people or people in general: the planet on which we live
3.  a.  when used by editors or other writers, and formerly by monarchs, a formal word for I
 b.  (as noun): he uses the royal we in his pompous moods
4.  informal used instead of you with a tone of persuasiveness, condescension, or sarcasm: how are we today?
 
[Old English wē, related to Old Saxon wī, Old High German wir, Old Norse vēr, Danish, Swedish vi, Sanskrit vayam]

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Word Origin & History

I
12c. shortening of O.E. ic, first person sing. nom. pronoun, from P.Gmc. *ekan (cf. O.Fris. ik, O.N. ek, Norw. eg, Dan. jeg, O.H.G. ih, Ger. ich, Goth. ik), from PIE *ego(m) (cf. Skt. aham, Hitt. uk, L. ego, Gk. ego, Rus. ja). Reduced to i by 1137 in northern England, it began to be capitalized c.1250
to mark it as a distinct word and avoid misreading in handwritten manuscripts.
"The reason for writing I is ... the orthographic habit in the middle ages of using a 'long i' (that is, j or I) whenever the letter was isolated or formed the last letter of a group; the numeral 'one' was written j or I (and three iij, etc.), just as much as the pronoun." [Otto Jespersen, "Growth and Structure of the English Language," p.233]
The form ich or ik, especially before vowels, lingered in northern England until c.1400 and survived in southern dialects until 18c. The dot on the "small" letter -i- began to appear in 11c. L. manuscripts, to distinguish the letter from the stroke of another letter (such as -m- or -n-). Originally a diacritic, it was reduced to a dot with the introduction of Roman type fonts. The basic word for "I" in Japanese is watakushi, but it is not much used. Words that boys usually use are boku (polite) or ore (OH-ray), a rougher word, which can be rude depending on the situation. Girls usually use atashi (a feminine-sounding word) or the neutral watashi, but a tomboy might use boku like boys do.

us
O.E. us (cognate with O.S., O.Fris. us, O.N., Swed. oss), accusative and dative pl. of we, from PIE *ns- (cf. Skt. nas, Avestan na, Hittite nash "us;" Gk. no "we two;" L. nos "we, us;" O.C.S. ny "us," nasu "our;" O.Ir. ni, Welsh ni "we, us"). The -n- is preserved in Gmc. in Du. ons, Ger. uns.

we
O.E. we, from P.Gmc. *wiz (cf. O.S. wi, O.N. ver, Dan. vi, O.Fris. wi, Du. wij, O.H.G., Ger. wir, Goth. weis "we"), from PIE *wei- (cf. Skt. vayam, O.Pers. vayam, Hitt. wesh "we," O.C.S. ve "we two," Lith. vedu "we two"). The "royal we" (use of plural pronoun to denote oneself) is at least as old as
"Beowulf" (c.725); use by writers to establish an impersonal style is also from O.E.; it was especially common 19c. in unsigned editorials, to suggest staff consensus, and was lampooned as such since at least 1853 (cf. also wegotism).

u
for historical evolution, see V. Used punningly for you by 1588 ["Love's Labour's Lost," V.i.60], not long after the pronunciation shift that made the vowel a homonym of the pronoun. As a simple shorthand (without intentional word-play), it is recorded
from 1862. Common in business abbreviations since 1923 (e.g. U-Haul, attested from 1951).

U.S.
abbreviation for United States, attested from 1834.
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Medical Dictionary

I

  1. The symbol for the element iodine.

  2. iThe symbol for current.

U 3

The symbol for the element uranium.

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Science Dictionary
i   (ī)  Pronunciation Key 
The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.
I  

  1. The symbol for electric current.

  2. The symbol for iodine.


iodine   (ī'ə-dīn')  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol I
A shiny, grayish-black element of the halogen group. It is corrosive and poisonous and occurs in very small amounts in nature except for seaweed, in which it is abundant. iodine compounds are used in medicine, antiseptics, and dyes. Atomic number 53; atomic weight 126.9045; melting point 113.5°C; boiling point 184.35°C; specific gravity (solid, at 20°C) 4.93; valence 1, 3, 5, 7. See Periodic Table.
U  

  1. Abbreviation of uracil

  2. The symbol for uranium.


uranium   (y-rā'nē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol U
A heavy, silvery-white, highly toxic, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series. It has 14 known isotopes, of which U 238 is the most naturally abundant, occurring in several minerals. Fissionable isotopes, especially U 235, are used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Atomic number 92; atomic weight 238.03; melting point 1,132°C; boiling point 3,818°C; specific gravity 18.95; valence 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. See Periodic Table.
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Computing Dictionary

US definition


Unit Separator

us definition

networking
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.
(1999-01-27)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
i
imaginary unit
I

  1. current

  2. ice

  3. incomplete

  4. institute

  5. intelligence

  6. interstate

  7. iodine

  8. isospin

  9. Italy (international vehicle ID)

  10. 1

u
up quark
U

  1. internal energy

  2. [residential] unit

  3. units

  4. uracil

  5. uranium

  6. you

US

  1. ultrasound

  2. unconditioned stimulus

  3. Uniform System

  4. United States

  5. United States [highway]

u.s.

  1. Latin ubi supra (where mentioned above)

  2. Latin ut supra (as above)

U.S.

  1. Uncle Sam

  2. united service

  3. United States

We
Wednesday
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Undisputed usage we shared the money evenly amongst the three of us.
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