were

Meaning of were

verb

second person singular past, plural past, and past subjunctive of be.

verb, past tense
  1. exist.
    there are no easy answers
    there once was a man
    there must be something wrong
    I think, therefore I am
  2. occur; take place.
    the exhibition will be in November
    the opening event is on October 16
    that was before the war
  3. having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.
    Amy was 91
    the floor was uneven
    I want to be a teacher
    father was not well
    it will be Christmas soon
    ‘Be careful,’ Mr Carter said
  4. say.
    last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’
verb, past tense
  1. used with a present participle to form continuous tenses.
    they are coming
    he had been reading
    she will be waiting
  2. used with a past participle to form the passive voice.
    it was done
    it is said
    his book will be published
  3. used to indicate something that is due or destined to happen.
    construction is to begin next summer
    his mum was never to see him win
  4. used with the past participle of intransitive verbs to form perfect tenses.
    I am returned

Old English bēon, an irregular and defective verb, whose full conjugation derives from several originally distinct verbs. The forms am and is are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sum and est . The forms was and were are from an Indo-European root meaning ‘remain’. The forms be and been are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin fui ‘I was’, fio ‘I become’, and Greek phuein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The origin of are is uncertain.

Information about were

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of were

were

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • were is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

were synonyms

Meaning have objective reality or being:

exist

Meaning be alive at a specified time:

live

Meaning take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process:

breathe

Meaning happen; take place:

occur

Meaning take place; occur:

happen

Meaning (of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent:

arise

Meaning (of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed:

transpire

Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:

fall

Meaning become actual fact; happen:

materialize

Meaning happen or occur afterwards or as a result:

ensue

Meaning (especially of something bad) happen to (someone):

befall

Meaning happen:

betide

Anagrams of were

Ewer, ewer, weer

Words that rhyme with were

burgwere, Chiwere, chiwere, diswere, twere

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