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"Past plural be"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wə(ɹ)/Sorted eerwStarts with WEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Past-tense plural form of be, also used with you and in some conditional phrases.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English were, weren, from Old English wǣre, wǣron, wǣren, from Proto-West Germanic *wāʀun, *wāʀīn, from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, *wēzīn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. More at was.

Used in a sentence

  • “John, you were the only person to see him.”
  • “We were about to leave.”
  • “Mary and John, you were right.”

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