we
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
we/wi/
▶pronoun [first person pl.]
- 1 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together or regarded as in the same category.
■ people in general.
- 2 used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself.
- 3 you (used condescendingly).
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
'we' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute
- accident
- ahead
- and
- angel
- arrivederci
- believe
- between
- blessing
- complement
- cross
- cuisine
- culprit
- earth
- endless
- fresh
- function word
- get
- grow
- heap
- here
- hosanna
- ignoramus
- independent
- infer
- initiative
- literally
- lovely
- mallow
- mandamus
- non possumus
- occasion
- odd
- ourself
- ourselves
- personal pronoun
- perspective
- pushback
- quorum
- 're
- reason
- rest
- round
- royal
- set
- set
- shadow
- shall
- should
- sinew
