HOW TO PRONOUNCE
were
/wɝ/
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What does were mean?
verb
- second-person singular simple past indicative of be
- plural simple past indicative of be
- simple subjunctive of be
More meanings (3)
verb
- first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
noun
- Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”).
- (slang) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
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IPA pronunciation
/wɝ/
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One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it.
All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting “Off with his head!”
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And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied.
And it came to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my face, and I saw them not.
The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients.