Word Finder - we

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(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)

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(personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)

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(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.)

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(personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.

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How are we all tonight?

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(personal, often considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.

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How are we feeling this morning?

What time are we going to leave tomorrow?

We must not be late.

We have some cold days, but mostly it is warm.

I wish we had never come here.

We wouldn't grow under ground, I'm sure.

We love our parents, siblings and friends.

We just found out.

If we keep cool and moist, and meet with no accidents, we often live for five years.

I am not saying we live in a utopia.

Why should we bother?

There were no stairs in their houses, because they did not need them, but on a level surface they generally walked just as we do.

We are all early.

We could say he has excellent taste.

Why should we expect that to change?

We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking.

We both wanted a baby.

I guess my life isn't very interesting to other people, but Alex and I like the way we live.

Sometimes we go out to eat.

Yes, we have many horses.

If we do not...

And this man was saying we were going to the moon in a rocket ship made of metals we hadn't even invented.

That's when we all do things together.

If we have once seen, "the day is ours, and what the day has shown."

You fell asleep alright, but we didn't get that far.

We all paraded downstairs.

We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages.

Will we see any dolphins, Dad?

But I guess if we have, it's no worse than having a child out of wedlock.

Let's go do the chores one last time before we leave.

We were all getting worried about you.

Inspired, perhaps, by Master Gobbler's success, we carried off to the woodpile a cake which the cook had just frosted, and ate every bit of it.

We wouldn't want them to think we were doing anything immoral.

Can we swim in it?

We've been married for nearly five years, and we just made love.

We'd better get the kids ready.

We're going to take you to the hospital.

We haven't decided yet.

We're going to stay here for the night.

We'll have to be careful about that with the new baby.

I only meant it would be good to get out of the house, no matter what we went to see.

We're almost out of the sand.

We all believe you, Howie.

The longer Howie spoke on the phone, the more I felt guilty that we were manipulating him into a parlor game at the expense of his privacy.

You should take notes in case we forget some detail.

In the first place, I tell you we have no right to question the Emperor about that, and secondly, if the Russian nobility had that right, the Emperor could not answer such a question.

We are Russians and will not grudge our blood in defense of our faith, the throne, and the Fatherland!

On Christmas Eve, we sit in front of the fire and take turns reading Christmas stories.

I think we already are.

I guess there's nothing we can do here.

We'd better go in the back way or Mom will have my hide.