"we've" meaning in English

See we've in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /wiːv/ [UK], /wiv/ [US] Audio: en-us-we've.ogg
enPR: wēv [UK] Rhymes: -iːv Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} we've, {{en-cont}} we've
  1. Contraction of we have. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: we have Derived forms: we'ven't [nonstandard]
    Sense id: en-we've-en-contraction-50EMASQI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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