we

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations strong: /ˈwiː/, weak: /wi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/wi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wē)

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we
You use we to refer to yourself together with one or more other people. We is the subject of a verb.
We could hear the birds singing.
We both sat down.
You can use we to include the person or people you are speaking or writing to.
If you like, we could have dinner together.
Be careful
Don't say ‘you and we’ or ‘we and you’. Instead of saying ‘You and we must go’, you say ‘We must go’.
You can also use we to refer to people in general, including yourself.
We need to stop polluting the planet.
Nowadays we like to think of ourselves as rational and scientific.
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