"weren’t" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

IPA: \ˈwɝnt\, \ˈwɜːnt\, wɝnt Audio: En-us-weren't.ogg
Forms: (to) be, being [participle, present], been [participle, past], be (2ᵉ sing. arch. : beest) [subjunctive, present], were (2ᵉ sing. arch. : wast) [subjunctive, past], am [affirmative], ’m [affirmative], am not [negative], aren’t, amn’t [negative], art [affirmative], ’rt [affirmative], art not [negative], are [affirmative], ’re [affirmative], are not [negative], aren’t [negative], is [affirmative], ’s [affirmative], is not [negative], isn’t [negative], was [affirmative, preterite], was not [negative, preterite], wasn’t [negative, preterite], wast, wert [affirmative, preterite], wast/wert not [negative, preterite], were [affirmative, preterite], were not [negative, preterite], warn’t [obsolete], were n’t [obsolete]
  1. Négation de were, contraction de “were not”. Form of: were
    Sense id: fr-weren’t-en-verb-DRRoGLlA Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: not Derived forms (it weren’t): ’tweren’t [rare] Related terms: -n’t
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        "3ᵉ sing."
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        "3ᵉ sing."
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        "2ᵉ sing. 1^(ère) et 2ᵉ plur."
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        "preterite"
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      "form": "warn’t",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "were n’t",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "États-Unis"
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      "ipa": "\\ˈwɜːnt\\",
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      "form": "was not",
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    },
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        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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        "Longue",
        "2ᵉ sing. arch."
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    },
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    {
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