we

Meaning

Pron

1. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
2. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
3. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) 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.)
4. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
5. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) People in general.
6. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) 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.)
7. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Everyone being addressed.
8. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) 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.)
9. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
10. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
11. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
12. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
13. (West-Country, archaic, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Us.
14. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The side which is keeping score.

Det

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

Opposite of

they

Synonyms

us

🇺🇸

our

ourselves

you and me

you

I

all of us

you and I

me

ours

dual

my

nominative

they

let us go

our side

our shop

this family

my store

my shop

we all

they, etc. met each other

1 pl.

1 pl. inc.

1 pl. excl.

incl

me and them

and

but

exclusive

family

👪

he

👨

inclusive

locative

one

pals

somebody

someone

them

Translations

nous

wir

nosotros

noi

wij

nosotras

εμείς

nós

noialtri

we

nosaltres

biz

nos

em

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: we

Inherited from Old English: wē

Cognate with Scots: wee

Cognate with Northern Frisian: we

Cognate with Western Frisian: wy

Cognate with Low German: wi

Cognate with Dutch: we

Cognate with German: wir

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: vi

Cognate with Icelandic: vér

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨

Cognate with Sanskrit: वयम्

In summary

From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).

Sentences

We shall do it in time .

I really liked the film we saw last week .

All we have to do is change the payment .

We met Alexander and the bar and had a great time last night .

We wiped the board .

We used all your imagination to design the place .