Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to were
Participle: wered
Gerund: wering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | were |
| you | were |
| he;she;it | weres |
| we | were |
| you | were |
| they | were |
Perfect
| I | have wered |
| you | have wered |
| he;she;it | has wered |
| we | have wered |
| you | have wered |
| they | have wered |
Past
| I | wered |
| you | wered |
| he;she;it | wered |
| we | wered |
| you | wered |
| they | wered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wered |
| you | had wered |
| he;she;it | had wered |
| we | had wered |
| you | had wered |
| they | had wered |
Future
| I | will were |
| you | will were |
| he;she;it | will were |
| we | will were |
| you | will were |
| they | will were |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wered |
| you | will have wered |
| he;she;it | will have wered |
| we | will have wered |
| you | will have wered |
| they | will have wered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | were |
| you | were |
| he;she;it | were |
| we | were |
| you | were |
| they | were |
Perfect
| I | have wered |
| you | have wered |
| he;she;it | have wered |
| we | have wered |
| you | have wered |
| they | have wered |
Imperfect
| I | wered |
| you | wered |
| he;she;it | wered |
| we | wered |
| you | wered |
| they | wered |
Pluperfect
| I | had wered |
| you | had wered |
| he;she;it | had wered |
| we | had wered |
| you | had wered |
| they | had wered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would were |
| you | would were |
| he;she;it | would were |
| we | would were |
| you | would were |
| they | would were |
Perfect
| I | would have wered |
| you | would have wered |
| he;she;it | would have wered |
| we | would have wered |
| you | would have wered |
| they | would have wered |
Imperative
| you | were |
| we | Let's were |
| you | were |
Verbs conjugated like 'were'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'were'
bere,
cere,
dere,
ere,
fere,
lere,
mere,
ware,
wee,
wene,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *wēzīn
4. Proto-West Germanic *wāʀīn
5. Old English wǣre
6. Middle English were
7. English were
8. 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. See: Proto-Germanic '
*wesaną'.
Sample Sentences
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John, you were the only person to see him.
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We were about to leave.
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Mary and John, you were right.
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They were a fine group.
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They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
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I wish that it were Sunday.
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I wish that I were with you.
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Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)
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Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...) [If you were to move your chair a little, we'd all fit. with “if” omitted, put first in an “if” clause]
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A long shot, it may be, at immortality, but longer ones have hit; or Guido Fawkes, William Tell, and Samuel Pepys were forgotten now. [1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:]
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Maccabi would have been out of contention were it not for Stoke's profligacy, but their fortune eventually ran out as the visitors opened the scoring. [2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:]