we

pronoun18

1. •
   Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
2. •
   Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)

   • We need to have a talk, you and me.
3. •
   People in general.

   • We live and learn.
   • We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.
4. •
   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.)

   • We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
   • As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.
5. •
   Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

   • I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.
   • In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.
6. •
   The side which is keeping score.
7. •
   used before a verb to mean the person speaking and others, but not anyone being spoken to

   • We are here to arrest you.
8. •
   Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
9. •
   Used in explanatory or procedural writing, such as mathematical explanations, to imply inclusion of the reader in the undertaking.

   • To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.
10. •
    (informal) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)

    • 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 ...
11. •
    (informal) Everyone being addressed.

    • Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight?
12. •
    (informal) 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.)

    • Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning?
    • 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.
13. •
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of of we, sometimes used when speaking as an important figure or figures.
14. •
    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.)

    • We are Queen of all these Isles.
15. •
    (informal) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.

    • "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "I'm afraid we aren't too good today."
16. •
    (informal) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.

    • Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ...
17. •
    us

    • He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.
    • And what have you done for we since? Nowt!
18. •
    (no longer used) Us.

determiner1

1. •
   Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

   • We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
   • We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of war establishment.