1used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together:shall we have a drink?
used to refer to the speaker together with other people regarded in the same category:nobody knows kids better than we teachers do
people in general:we should eat as varied and well-balanced a diet as possible
West Indian us or our:thought you wasn’t coming to look for we
2used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself:in this section we discuss the reasons for this decision
3used condescendingly to refer to the person being addressed:how are we today?
