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were

/wɝ/

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What does were mean?

verb

  1. second-person singular simple past indicative of be
  2. plural simple past indicative of be
  3. simple subjunctive of be
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

noun

  1. Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”).
  2. (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/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressProject Gutenberg ebook #8
All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting “Off with his head!”
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
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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.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
And it came to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my face, and I saw them not.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18