U.S.

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Give us this day our daily bread.        --Matt. vi.
                                                    11.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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.}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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.}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  US
       Unit Separator (BTX, VPCE)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  US
       
          {Unit Separator}
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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.
       
          (1999-01-27)