"were it not for" meaning in Anglais

See were it not for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: \wɚ ɪt ˈnɑt fɔɹ\, \wə ɪt ˈnɒt fɔː\, \wə.ɹɪt ˈnɒt fɔː\
  1. Sans. S’il n’y avait pas. Si … n’existait pas. Note d’usage : Introduit une condition irréelle du présent, le référent existant en réalité. Tags: literary
    Sense id: fr-were_it_not_for-en-prep-t1QjPwVb Categories (other): Termes littéraires en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: if it were not for, if it weren’t for, had it not been for [literary], if it had not been for, if it hadn’t been for
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        "États-Unis"
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\wə ɪt ˈnɒt fɔː\\"
    },
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      "ipa": "\\wə ɪt ˈnɒt fɔː\\"
    },
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