were

Meanings

Plural: weres

Verb

• 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.

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