we

Pron

• Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
• Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
• Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
• Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
• The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
• Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
• People in general.
• The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
• Everyone being addressed.
• An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.)
• Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
• Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
• Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
• Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
• Used in explanatory or procedural writing, such as mathematical explanations, to imply inclusion of the reader in the undertaking.
• Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
• Us.
• The side which is keeping score.
• Us.

Det

• Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

Pronoun

• The first person plural pronoun, referring to the speaker and others.

Examples

• "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "I'm afraid we aren't too good today."
• And what have you done for we since? Nowt!
• As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.
• Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight?
• He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.
• Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning?
• Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First we take 200 g of butter and we whisk in 200 g of sugar. Next, we ...
• I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.
• In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.
• Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ...
• To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.
• We agreed that playing ’ZAX’ for 60 points was a brilliant move.
• We are here to arrest you.
• We are Queen of all these Isles.
• We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
• We live and learn.
• We need to have a talk, you and me.
• We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.
• We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.
• We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
• You've been spending all your money boozing when you have a wife and family to support. I think we need to get our priorities straight.

Antonyms

they

Anagrams of we