editorial we
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
noun
The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
noun
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.