"we're" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /wɪə/ (note: Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form), /wə/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation, unstressed], /wɪɚ/ (note: US, Canada, stressed form), /wɪɹ/ (note: US, Canada, stressed form), /wɚ/ [Canada, US, unstressed], /wɛɚ/ [Canada, US, unstressed], /wiːɹ/ [Scotland], /wiə/ [New-Zealand], /wɛː/ (note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) Audio: en-us-we're.ogg , en-us-were.ogg , en-us-where.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|contraction}} we're
  1. Contraction of we + are. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: we (extra: + are)
    Sense id: en-we're-en-contraction-rxoDG2Ca Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
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        }
      ],
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "we",
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          "are",
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        "alt-of",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪə/",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪɚ/",
      "note": "US, Canada, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪɹ/",
      "note": "US, Canada, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-we're.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-we%27re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-were.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-where.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-us-where.ogg/En-us-where.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-us-where.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛː/",
      "note": "East Anglia, cheer–chair merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weir"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ware (cheer–chair merger)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "where (cheer–chair merger, wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "we're"
}
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        }
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      ],
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        "Contraction of we + are."
      ],
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          "we",
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        ],
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          "are",
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        ]
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɪə/",
      "note": "Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪɚ/",
      "note": "US, Canada, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪɹ/",
      "note": "US, Canada, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-we're.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-we%27re.ogg/En-us-we%27re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-we%27re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-were.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-us-were.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-where.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-us-where.ogg/En-us-where.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-us-where.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛː/",
      "note": "East Anglia, cheer–chair merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weir"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ware (cheer–chair merger)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "where (cheer–chair merger, wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "we're"
}

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