We

Quick meaning: We is a pronoun meaning Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

Meaning

Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

More Meanings

1. Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
2. People in general.
3. (royal) The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
4. (colloquial) Everyone being addressed.
5. (colloquial, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
6. The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
7. (colloquial; may sometimes seem patronising) An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.)

Example Sentences

We live and learn.

In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.

We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.

As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.

Antonyms for we

Common opposites include they.

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