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UK/juː.ɛs/ US/ʌs/ very common informal

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”).

Phrases

  • after us the deluge
  • all your base are belong to us
  • and so say all of us
  • bless us
  • can you tell us
  • come down to us
  • God preserve us
  • it happens to the best of us

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