Usually means: Past tense of the verb "be".
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word Were:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. were: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. we're, were: Merriam-Webster
  3. we're, were: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. we're, were: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. we're, were: Collins English Dictionary
  6. were: Vocabulary.com
  7. WE'RE, W'ere, We�re, We're, Wer'e, Were, Were, Were, w'ere, we�re, we''re, we're, were, were, were, were: Wordnik
  8. we're, were: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. we're, were, were-: Wiktionary
  10. we're, were: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. we're, were: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. were: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. we're, were: Dictionary.com
  14. were: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. were: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. WERE, Were (disambiguation), Were: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Were: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. were: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. Were: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. were: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. were, were-: MyWord.info
  22. were: FreeDictionary.org
  23. we're, were: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. were: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. Were, were: Wordnik

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. WERE (AM), Were: Legal dictionary
  4. were: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. were: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. were: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. were: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (were)

▸ verb:  simple subjunctive of be
▸ noun:  (fandom slang) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”) [(obsolete or historical) A man; a male; a husband]

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weren, aren, seem, Werre, considered, arent, deemed, still, kept, already, more...

Opposite:
are, are, not, exist, exist, not, be

Types:
werewolf, werebear, weretiger, wereboar, wererat, more...

Phrases:
were used, were at, were on, were taken, were going, more...

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Similar:
weren, aren, seem, Werre, considered, arent, deemed, still, kept, already, more...

Opposite:
are, are, not, exist, exist, not, be

Types:
werewolf, werebear, weretiger, wereboar, wererat, more...

Phrases:
were used, were at, were on, were taken, were going, were about, were doing, were left, were prepared, were concerned, were supposed, were even, were talking, were done, were lost, were engaged, were reduced, more...

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     bronze,     emerald,     ruby, more...



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