we
we
(wiː
) pronoun (subjective)
1 refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people ■ we should go now
2 refers to all people or people in general ■ the planet on which we live
3
a when used by editors or other writers, and formerly by monarchs, a formal word for
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b (as noun) ■ he uses the royal we in his pompous moods
4 informal used instead of you with a tone of persuasiveness, condescension, or sarcasm ■ how are we today?
[Old English wē, related to Old Saxon wī, Old High German wir, Old Norse vēr, Danish, Swedish vi, Sanskrit vayam]
