we

 
Pronunciation: /wiː/

pronoun

[first person plural]
  • 1used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together: shall we have a drink?
  • used to refer to the speaker together with other people regarded in the same category: nobody knows kids better than we teachers do
  • people in general: we should eat as varied and well-balanced a diet as possible
  • West Indian us or our: thought you wasn’t coming to look for we
  • 2used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself: in this section we discuss the reasons for this decision
  • 3used condescendingly to refer to the person being addressed: how are we today?

Origin:

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wij and German wir