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How to pronounce “was”
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Pronunciation guide for was
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- Practice the English pronunciation of was with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
- third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
- (now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
- (now colloquial or nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
- (colloquial, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
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