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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English wǣre.

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Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

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were

  1. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
    John, you were the only person to see him.
  2. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
    We were about to leave.
  3. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
    Mary and John, you were right.
  4. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
    They were a fine group.
  5. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.
    I wish that it were Sunday.
    I wish that I were with you.
    • 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,...)
    • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, BBC Sport:
      Maccabi would have been out of contention were it not for Stoke's profligacy, but their fortune eventually ran out as the visitors opened the scoring.
  6. (Northern England) was.
[edit] Synonyms
  • (second-person singular past indicative, archaic) wast (used with "thou")
  • (second-person singular imperfect subjunctive, archaic) wert (used with "thou")

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (man).

[edit] Noun

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  1. (archaic) man (human male), as in werewolf (man-wolf).
  2. (fandom slang) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
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were

  1. singular present subjunctive of weren.

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[edit] Kurdish

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were

  1. Imperative singular of hatin.
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