we
see also: WE
Pronunciation Pronoun
WE
Proper noun
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see also: WE
Pronunciation Pronoun
- (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
- (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
- (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
- (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
- How are we all tonight?
- (personal, often considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
- How are we feeling this morning?
- French: (1,2) nous (formal), on (informal)
- German: wir
- Italian: noi, noialtri
- Portuguese: nós, a gente (informal)
- Russian: мы
- Spanish: nosotros, nosotras
- The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
- We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
WE
Proper noun
- Initialism of Western Europe
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