pronoun. Used as the direct object of a verb: She saw us on the subway. pronoun. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered us free tickets to the show. pronoun. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to us. pronoun. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's us. See Usage Note at we.pronoun. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: We decided to get us another car. See Note at me.