TKG English Learner's Dictionary

we

wepronoun

American /wi/ British /wiː/
very commondefining vocabulary

  1. used as the subject of a sentence to refer to the speaker together with one or more other people

    We is the subject form; the object form is us, the possessive determiner is our, the independent possessive is ours, and the reflexive form is ourselves.

Word family

Usage

We always includes the speaker and at least one other person, but English does not show whether the person spoken to is one of them.

Common mistakes

Us are going to the party. We are going to the party.
We is the subject of a sentence; the object form us does not replace it there.

See also us; our; ours

For translators

Meaning across languages We does not show whether the group includes the person spoken to; many languages have a separate word for a we that includes the listener and one that does not, a distinction English does not mark.
Grammar trap English pronouns change form for subject, object, and possessive (we, us, our/ours); many languages use one form for all three.