was

wəz

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#1·5h ago

(now, colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.

Origin: From , from , from , from from to reside, whence also vestal. See also , (dated, wie is generally preferred today), , , , ); also , . The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from . The forms is and are are both derived from . Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(now, colloquial, or, nonstandard, AAVE) ; were.

He saw it clear enough, now that the lordling had pointed it out. “They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough."

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#3·5h ago

(colloquial, nonstandard) ; were.

There was three of them there.

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