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ALL meanings of we

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  • noun Technical meaning of we A hypertext authoring system developed at the University of North Carolina. 1
  • pronoun we plural nominative of I 1
  • pronoun we people, in general terms 1
  • pronoun we myself and sb else 1
  • pronoun we royal 1
  • pronoun we editorial 1
  • noun we Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together. 1
  • pronoun we emphasis, apposition 1
  • noun plural we (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular). 1
  • noun plural we Metaphysics. the ego. 1
  • pronoun we A speaker or writer uses we to refer both to himself or herself and to one or more other people as a group. You can use we before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are referring to. 0
  • pronoun we We is sometimes used to refer to people in general. 0
  • pronoun we A speaker or writer may use we instead of 'I' in order to include the audience or reader in what they are saying, especially when discussing how a talk or book is organized. 0
  • pronoun we refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people 0
  • pronoun we refers to all people or people in general 0
  • pronoun we (as noun) 0
  • pronoun we used instead of you with a tone of persuasiveness, condescension, or sarcasm 0
  • abbreviation WE Wednesday 0
  • pronoun we the persons speaking or writing 0
  • pronoun we I 0
  • pronoun we you 0
  • pronoun we (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.). 0
  • pronoun we (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.). 0
  • pronoun we (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.). 0
  • pronoun we (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed. 0
  • pronoun we (personal, generally considered patronising) A singular form of you for people in the speaker's care. 0
  • determiner we The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person. 0
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