Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - we
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~ strong pronoun (used as the subject of a sentence) 1 I and one or more others (We were all amazed when we heard the news. | Shall we (=you and I) have a coffee, Ted? | Can we (=I and the others) go now, sir?) 2 formal used by a king or queen in official language to mean I (We are not amused.) 3 used by a writer or a speaker to mean you (the reader or listener) and them (We saw in the previous chapter how this situation had arisen.) 4 used especially to children and people who are ill to mean you (And how are we feeling today, Mr. Robson?) 5 formal people in general (Do we have the right to destroy the planet?)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'We' is the first person plural pronoun. 'We' is used as the subject of a verb. 1. A speaker or writer uses we to refer both to himself or herself and to one or more other people as a group. You can use we before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are referring to. We ordered another bottle of champagne... We students outnumbered our teachers. PRON 2. We is sometimes used to refer to people in general. We need to take care of our bodies. PRON 3. A speaker or writer may use we instead of ‘I’ in order to include the audience or reader in what they are saying, especially when discussing how a talk or book is organized. (FORMAL) We will now consider the raw materials from which the body derives energy. PRON ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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or ~d abbreviation ~dnesday WE pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English, from Old English we; akin to Old High German wir ~, Sanskrit vayam Date: before 12th century 1. I and the rest of a group that includes me ; you and I ; you and I and another or others ; I and another or others not including you — used as pronoun of the first person plural; compare i, our, ours, us 2. i I — used by sovereigns; used by writers to keep an impersonal character ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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pron. (obj. us; poss. our, ours) 1 (pl. of I(2)) used by and with reference to more than one person speaking or writing, or one such person and one or more associated persons. 2 used for or by a royal person in a proclamation etc. and by a writer or editor in a formal context. 3 people in general (cf. ONE pron. 2). 4 colloq. = I(2) (give us a chance). 5 colloq. (often implying condescension) you (how are we feeling today?). Etymology: OE f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мы where shall we go? —- куда мы пойдем? we both thank you —- мы оба благодарим вас 2. мы (употр. вместо 2-го лица с оттенком участия) well, Jane, and how are we this morning? —- ну, Джейн, как мы себя чувствуем сегодня? 3. мы (при высказывании от 1-го лица в статье, научных трудах и т. п.); авторское "мы" we are of the opinion that... —- по нашему мнению... 4. мы (для обозначения определенного круга лиц, связанных единством цели, профессии и т. п.) we lawyers... —- мы, адвокаты... 5. мы (для обозначения неопределенного круга лиц в обобщенных суждениях) as we are often apt to think —- как мы часто бываем склонны считать we in the United States believe that... —- в Соединенных Штатах считают, что... 6. мы (употребляется монархами в значении "я") ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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supp. abbr. Western Electronics mil. abbr. With Equipment railroad abbr. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company days abbr. Wednesday sec. abbr. Wireless Encryption educ. abbr. A World To Explore NYSE symbols Westcoast Energy, Inc. firm name abbr. Western Electric ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. we, from P.Gmc. *wiz, from PIE *wei-. The "royal we" (use of plural pronoun to denote oneself) is at least as old as "Beowulf" (c.725). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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