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Language: Old English
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we

 pronoun
     
we S1 W1 [used as the subject of a verb]
1XX used by the person speaking or writing to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people:
'Did you go into the supermarket?' 'No, we didn't.'
Shall we stop for a coffee?
So we all travelled down to Brighton together.
We declare our support for a government of national unity.
We Italians are proud of our history.
2AL used by a writer or speaker to include themselves and their readers or listeners:
As we saw in Chapter 4, slavery was not the only cause of the Civil War.
3 people in general:
We live on a complex planet.
4 formalPGO used by a king or queen to refer to himself or herself
5 spoken sometimes used to mean 'you' when speaking to children or people who are ill:
How are we feeling today, Mr. Robson?
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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