# weren't

Pronunciation: say "WURNT" US /ˈwɝn̩t/, UK/AUS /ˈwɜːnt/

## Verb

1. Contraction of were not. — Contraction of were not.
   - Simple: Contraction of were not. Use it to say something in the past was not true.
   - _The roads weren't cleared until two days after the storm._
   - _Weren't you supposed to call the landlord this morning?_

## Origin

Formed from 'were' combined with the contraction '-n't', meaning 'not'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/weren-t (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).