English words for 'plural of modesty'
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- Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
- The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
- The practice, common in mathematical and scientific literature, of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes.
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- (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
- Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
- Used in explanatory or procedural writing, such as mathematical explanations, to imply inclusion of the reader in the undertaking.
- (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.)
- (colloquial) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
- People in general.
- 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.)
- (colloquial) Everyone being addressed.
- Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
- (bridge) The side which is keeping score.
- (Geordie) Us.
- (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.)
- Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
- (colloquial, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
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- Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
- The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
- The practice, common in mathematical and scientific literature, of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes.