weren't

weren't
contr. were not.

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\R |wər(.ə)nt, -R |wə̄nt or |wərənt sometimes |wə̄ənt; archaic or Brit |wa(a)](ə)rnt or |we] or ]rənt or ]ənt\
Etymology: by contraction
: were not

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/werrnt, werr"euhnt/
contraction of were not: Weren't you surprised?

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weren't /wûrnt/ contracted form of were not

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weren’t UK [wɜː(r)nt] US [wɜrnt] short form
the usual way of saying ‘were not’ This is not often used in formal writing .
Thesaurus: short formshyponym

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weren't «wurnt»,
were not.

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[wər(ə)nt]
contraction of were not

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/ˈwɚrənt/
— used as a contraction of were not

We weren't expecting to win.

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weren't [weren't] [wɜːnt] [wɜːnt] short form
were not

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weren't
colloq. contraction of ‘were not’.

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