acknowledging the shortcomings of the present situation, while focusing on dealing with it rather than either dwelling on the causes or regretting what might have been

we ayeintj

A positive yes, of course.

we been knewintj

a response to a statement or notion that is obvious or already widely known

we don't talk about Brunophrase

An expression used to say we are not talking about a specific topic, as to avoid using the topic for various reasons especially in case of people listening in.

we have always been at war with Eastasiaphrase

Used to highlight a situation in which circumstances have changed, yet this change has gone unacknowledged or is being denied.

we live in a societyphrase

The mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed.

We Wai Kainoun

First Nation of British Columbia in Canada, based around Cape Mudge and part of the Lekwiltok.

we wuz kangzphrase

Used to mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from ancient Egyptians.

we'dcontraction

Contraction of we + had.

we'd'vecontraction

we would have

we'inspron

Alternative form of we-uns.

we'llcontraction

we will

we'll 'itverb

An abbreviation made up of the contraction of we and will followed by a shortening of an English term with placeholder "it", generally using a verb in the third-person singular simple present.

we'recontraction

Contraction of we + are.

we'ren'tcontraction

Misconstruction of weren't.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter W contains 12,113 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 243 pages, and you are currently viewing page 62. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "W" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.