"US" meaning in English

See US in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Abbreviation. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en}} Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} US (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of undersize. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: undersize
    Sense id: en-US-en-adj-qG75jdcV
  2. Abbreviation of unserviceable. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: unserviceable
    Sense id: en-US-en-adj-u5ey6a6z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /juː.ɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-US.wav Forms: U.S. [alternative, US], U. S. [alternative]
Etymology: Abbreviation of United States. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|United States}} Abbreviation of United States Head templates: {{en-prop}} US
  1. Initialism of the United States: a country in North America. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: the United States (extra: a country in North America) Categories (place): Countries in North America Derived forms: US-ian, US American, USrael, US-wide, ANZUS, AUKUS Translations (abbreviation of United States — see also USA): VS [masculine, plural] (Afrikaans), but see ЗША (ZŠA) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), but see 美國 /美国 (Měiguó) (Chinese Mandarin), 美- (Měi-) (note: as a component) (Chinese Mandarin), VS [masculine, plural] (Dutch), É-U [masculine, plural] (French), É.-U. [masculine, plural] (French), KT (Green Hmong), ארה״ב (arhá"v) (Hebrew), AS (Indonesian), SU [masculine, plural] (Italian), but see USA (Yū Esu Ē) (Japanese), ユー・エス・エー (Yū-Esu-Ē) (Japanese), but see 미국 (Miguk) (alt: 美國) (Korean), (Mi) (note: as a component) (alt: ) (Korean), but see JAV [feminine] (Lithuanian), AY (Northern Kurdish), but see USA [plural] (Polish), EU [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), but see США (SŠA) [masculine, plural] (Russian), IU [masculine, plural] (Sardinian), EE. UU. [masculine, plural] (Spanish), EU [masculine, plural] (Spanish), but see США (SŠA) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), HK (Vietnamese), FS [plural] (West Frisian), KT (White Hmong)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en}} Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-prop}} US
  1. Initialism of Upper Sorbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Upper Sorbian
    Sense id: en-US-en-name-~3bMUqWt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: USs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en}} Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun}} US (plural USs)
  1. (psychology) Initialism of unconditioned stimulus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: unconditioned stimulus Coordinate_terms: CS
    Sense id: en-US-en-noun-RRUIepv3 Categories (other): Psychology Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of ultrasonography (ultrasound). Wikidata QID: Q117829883 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ultrasonography (extra: ultrasound)
    Sense id: en-US-en-noun-en:Q117829883 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.