wepronoun
ukstrong /wiː/weak /wi/usstrong /wiː/weak /wi/we pronoun (GROUP)
A1 used as the subject of a verb to refer to a group including the speaker and at least one other person:
used by a speaker or a writer to refer to themselves and the people listening or reading:
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- We were just chatting about what we did last weekend.
- We weren't married in church, but we had a civil ceremony in a registry office.
- A friend recently sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.
- As we approached the hall we could hear the sound of laughter.
- We'd save time on our journey if we went by train.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: personal pronouns
- 'em
- he
- her
- it
- me
- moi
- number one
- personally
- s
- s/he
- she
- thee
- them
- themself
- thou
- us
- you
- yours
- yours truly idiom
- yous
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we pronoun (ALL PEOPLE)
B1 used as the subject of a verb to refer to all people, especially when considered as a group:
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- The way we waste this planet's resources is criminal.
- He claimed that we are all descended from apes.
- We all have basic human rights that should be observed.
- The ideas we hold influence the way we see the world.
- We still don't know how the universe was created.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: personal pronouns
- 'em
- he
- her
- it
- me
- moi
- number one
- personally
- s
- s/he
- she
- thee
- them
- themself
- thou
- us
- you
- yours
- yours truly idiom
- yous
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we pronoun (YOU)
informal used as the subject of a verb to mean "you", especially when talking to a child or someone who is ill:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: personal pronouns
- 'em
- he
- her
- it
- me
- moi
- number one
- personally
- s
- s/he
- she
- thee
- them
- themself
- thou
- us
- you
- yours
- yours truly idiom
- yous
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we pronoun (I)
formal used by a queen or king when speaking officially to mean "I"
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: personal pronouns
- 'em
- he
- her
- it
- me
- moi
- number one
- personally
- s
- s/he
- she
- thee
- them
- themself
- thou
- us
- you
- yours
- yours truly idiom
- yous
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