Usually means: Past tense of the verb "be".
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word were:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. we're, were: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. we're, were: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. we're, were: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. we're, were: Collins English Dictionary
  5. were: Vocabulary.com
  6. 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
  7. we're, were: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. we're, were, were-: Wiktionary
  9. we're, were: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. we're, were: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. were: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. we're, were: Dictionary.com
  13. were: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. were: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. WERE, Were (disambiguation), Were: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Were: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. were: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Were: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. were: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. were, were-: MyWord.info
  21. were: Free Dictionary
  22. we're, were: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. were: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. 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)

▸ 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...

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