were

US /wɝː/
UK /wɝː/
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1.

second person singular past, and first, second, and third person plural past of be

:
We were at the park yesterday.
You were very kind to help me.
2.

used in conditional clauses to express a hypothetical or unreal situation

:
If I were you, I would take that job.
She acts as if she were the queen.