The Word is:”were”
were
/wə/
second person singular past, plural past, and past subjunctive of be.
be
/biː/
verb
past tense: were
1. exist.
“there are no easy answers”
synonyms: exist, have being, have existence;
live, be alive, have life, breathe, draw breath, be
synonyms: exist, have being, have existence;
live, be alive, have life, breathe, draw breath, be
extant, be viable
“there was this boy who lived next door”
“there was this boy who lived next door”
“there were no curtains around the showers”
synonyms:be present, be around, be available, be near, be nearby, be at hand
“what theatres will there be for them to visit?”
2. occur; take place.
“the exhibition will be in November”
synonyms: occur, happen, take place, come about, arise, crop up, transpire, fall, materialize,
synonyms: occur, happen, take place, come about, arise, crop up, transpire, fall, materialize,
ensue;
literarycome to pass, befall, betide
“the trial is tomorrow”
literarycome to pass, befall, betide
“the trial is tomorrow”
“Salvation Street was on his left”
synonyms: be situated, be located, be found, be present, be set, be positioned, be placed, be
installed
“Pat was on the sofa in the living room”
“Pat was on the sofa in the living room”
“I’m at school doing A levels”
synonyms: attend, go to, be present, take part;
frequent, haunt, patronize
“I’m at college”
come; go; visit.
“he’s from Missouri”
“he’s from Missouri”
3. having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.
“Amy was 91”
cost.
“the tickets were £25”
synonyms: cost, be priced at, sell for, be valued at, fetch, come to; More
informalset one back, go
“the tickets were £25”
synonyms: cost, be priced at, sell for, be valued at, fetch, come to; More
informalset one back, go
for
“tickets are £15”
“tickets are £15”
“let A be a square matrix of order n”
“we were everything to each other”
“the monastery was several three-storey buildings”
4. informal
say.
“last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’”
“last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’”
verb
past tense: were
1.used with a present participle to form continuous tenses.
“they are coming”
2. used with a past participle to form the passive voice.
“it was done”
3. used to indicate something that is due or destined to happen.
“construction is to begin next summer”
used to express obligation or necessity.
“you are to follow these orders”
used to express possibility.
“these snakes are to be found in North America”
used to hypothesize about something that might happen.
“if I were to lose”
“you are to follow these orders”
“these snakes are to be found in North America”
“if I were to lose”
4. archaic
used with the past participle of intransitive verbs to form perfect tenses.
“I am returned”
“I am returned”
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