We (pronoun); We're; Author's "we"; Authorial "we"; Author's we
¦ pronoun [first person plural]
1. used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together or regarded as in the same category.
people in general.
2. used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself.
3. you (used condescendingly).
Origin
OE, of Gmc origin.
we
FIRST-PERSON PLURAL PERSONAL PRONOUN
We (pronoun); We're; Author's "we"; Authorial "we"; Author's we
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
Wikipedia
We (disambiguation)
We is the nominative case of the first-person plural pronoun in the English language.