pron used by someone speaking or writing to refer to himself or herself and others ○ He said we could go into the exhibition. ○ We were not allowed into the restaurant in jeans. ○ We had a wonderful holiday – we all enjoyed ourselves enormously. (NOTE: When it is the object we becomes uəː We gave it to him; He gave it to us. When it follows the verb to be, we usually becomes uəː Who is it? – It’s us!)
we
(we), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. Our (our) or Ours (ourz); obj. Us (us). See I.] [As. we; akin to OS. wi, OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. ver, Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. rad.190.] The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb. We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 1200.
Simba and Nala's journey showed what we can overcome.
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
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