Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word WE
WE
Definitions of 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.)
- (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
- (personal) The institution upon which the speaker/writer is acting. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
- (personal, royal) The sovereign alone in their capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
- (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
- (personal, often considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
- (Tyneside) Us.
- Initialism of Western Europe.
- (colloquial) The speaker themself, used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences and a group of listeners.
- (West Country, archaic) Us.
- (bridge) The side which is keeping score.
Number of letters
2
Is palindrome
No
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