we

Meanings

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.

Antonyms

they