were
Meaning of were
verb
second person singular past, plural past, and past subjunctive of be.
verb, past tense- exist.
there are no easy answers
there once was a man
there must be something wrong
I think, therefore I am
- occur; take place.
the exhibition will be in November
the opening event is on October 16
that was before the war
- 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
- say.
last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’
- used with a present participle to form continuous tenses.
they are coming
he had been reading
she will be waiting
- used with a past participle to form the passive voice.
it was done
it is said
his book will be published
- 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
- 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
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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:
Meaning be alive at a specified time:
Meaning take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process:
Meaning happen; take place:
Meaning take place; occur:
Meaning (of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent:
Meaning (of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed:
Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:
Meaning become actual fact; happen:
Meaning happen or occur afterwards or as a result:
Meaning (especially of something bad) happen to (someone):
Meaning happen:
Anagrams of were
Words that rhyme with were
burgwere, Chiwere, chiwere, diswere, twere
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