we
[ wee ]
/ wi /
plural pronoun, possessive our or ours, objective us.
Origin of we
before 900; Middle English, Old English
wē; cognate with Dutch
wij, German
wir, Old Norse
vēr, Gothic
weis
Words nearby we
Definition for we (2 of 2)
I
[ ahy ]
/ aɪ /
pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
noun, plural I's.
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
Metaphysics.
the ego.
Origin of I
before 900; Middle English
ik, ich, i; Old English
ic, ih; cognate with German
ich, Old Norse
ek, Latin
ego, Greek
egṓ, OCS
azŭ, Lithuanian
aš, Sanskrit
ahám
usage note for I
See
me.
British Dictionary definitions for we (1 of 5)
we
/ (wiː) /
pronoun (subjective)
refers to the speaker or writer and another person or other people
we should go now
refers to all people or people in general
the planet on which we live
- when used by editors or other writers, and formerly by monarchs, a formal word for I 1
- (as noun)he uses the royal we in his pompous moods
informal
used instead of you with a tone of persuasiveness, condescension, or sarcasm
how are we today?
Word Origin for we
Old English
wē, related to Old Saxon
wī, Old High German
wir, Old Norse
vēr, Danish, Swedish
vi, Sanskrit
vayam
British Dictionary definitions for we (2 of 5)
i
I
/ (aɪ) /
noun plural i's, I's or Is
the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
- something shaped like an I
- (in combination)an I-beam
dot the i's and cross the t's
to pay meticulous attention to detail
British Dictionary definitions for we (3 of 5)
i
symbol for
the imaginary number √–1
Also called: j
British Dictionary definitions for we (4 of 5)
I
1
/ (aɪ) /
pronoun
(subjective)
refers to the speaker or writer
Word Origin for I
C12: reduced form of Old English
ic; compare Old Saxon
ik, Old High German
ih, Sanskrit
ahám
British Dictionary definitions for we (5 of 5)
I
2
symbol for
abbreviation for
Italy (international car registration)
Word Origin for I
(for sense 4) from Latin (
aff)
i (
rmo) I affirm
Medical definitions for we
I
The symbol for the elementiodine
i
The symbol forcurrent
Scientific definitions for we (1 of 2)
i
[ ī ]
The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.
Scientific definitions for we (2 of 2)
I
The symbol for electric current.
The symbol for iodine.
Idioms and Phrases with we
i
see dot the i's and cross the t's.