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1. Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
2. (Geordie) Us.
3. Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
4. Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
5. The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial ''we'', used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
6. Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
7. People in general.
8. (royal) The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal ''we''. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
9. (colloquial) Everyone being addressed.
10. (colloquial; may sometimes seem patronising) An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's ''we'' or the doctor's ''we''.)
11. (colloquial, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
12. Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
13. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
14. Used in explanatory or procedural writing, such as mathematical explanations, to imply inclusion of the reader in the undertaking.
15. (colloquial) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
16. (West Country, archaic) Us.
17. (bridge) The side which is keeping score.