transcription, транскрипция: [ wə(r), STRONG wɜ:(r) ]
1.
Were is the plural and the second person singular of the past tense of be .
2.
Were is sometimes used instead of ‘was’ in certain structures, for example in conditional clauses or after the verb ‘wish’. ( FORMAL )
He told a diplomat that he might withdraw if he were allowed to keep part of a disputed oil field...
3.
as it were: see as