wikipedia|Were (disambiguation)
English

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Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/w��/, SAMPA|/w3:/ (stressed); IPA|/w�/, SAMPA|/w@/ (unstressed)
(US): AHD|wûr, IPA|/w�/, SAMPA|/w3`/ (stressed); AHD|w�r, IPA|/w�/, SAMPA|/w@`/ (unstressed)
audio|en-us-were.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)

Homophones
whirr (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Category:English homophones

Verb
were

1. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.

#::John, you were the only person to see him.

1. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

#::We were about to leave.

1. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

#::Mary and John, you were right.

1. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

#::They were a fine group.

1. Simple past tense w:Subjunctive_mood|subjunctive in all persons of be.

#::I wish it were Sunday.
#:*with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
#:::Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)
#:::Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)

Synonyms
(second-person singular past indicative, archaic) wast (used with "thou")
(second-person singular past subjunctive, archaic) wert (used with "thou")

See also
top2
am
are
is
art
be
being
mid2
been
beest
was
wast
wert

Noun
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were

1. archaic for man (human male), see werewolf, weregild, world.

Category:English auxiliary verb forms
Category:English simple past forms
Category:English irregular simple past forms
Category:100 English basic words

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