were

Plural: weres

Verb

• Past tense form of 'be', used for plural subjects or second-person singular.
• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• be identical to; be someone or something
• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
• have an existence, be extant
• happen, occur, take place
  • "There were two hundred people at his funeral"
• be identical or equivalent to
• form or compose
• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• represent, as of a character on stage
• spend or use time
• have life, be alive
• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
• be priced at
• second-person singular simple past indicative of be
• plural simple past indicative of be
• simple subjunctive of be
• first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

Noun

• Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”).
• The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.

Examples

• If only those letters WERE a Bingo, I’d have won this game of Scrabble.
• John, you were the only person to see him.
• Mary and John, you were right.
• They were a fine group.
• They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
• We were about to leave.

Synonyms

be, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, follow, live, make up, personify, represent, wast, wert

Antonyms

differ

Related Words

am, are, art, be, been, beest, being, is, was, wast, wert