we
/wiː/IPA: /W IY1/
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(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
- 2
(personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
- 3
(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.)
- 4
(personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
“How are we all tonight?”
- 5
(personal, often considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
“How are we feeling this morning?”
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