Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The word we used to refer to an individual person being addressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: doctor's we
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the idea that this sense of we is typically used by a nurse to a patient.
