we
we definition
we (wē)
pronoun sing. I
- the persons speaking or writing: used to refer to the speaker or writer and another or others, sometimes including those addressed: personal pronoun in the first person plural: we is the nominative form, us the objective, ours the possessive, and ourselves (or, by a king, etc., ourself ) the reflexive and intensive; our is the possessive pronominal adjective
- I: used by a monarch, editor, judge, etc. to indicate that the authority of his or her position or profession is represented
- you: used in direct address as in encouraging or admonishing an invalid, a child, etc. [shall we take our medicine now?]
Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger wir, Goth weis < IE base *we-, we > Sans vayám
We definition
We
Wednesday
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