Done vs Were - What's the difference?
done | were |
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
(African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
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:* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
:*: Were''' it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all.'' (= '''''If''' it '''were simply... )
:*: Were''' father a king, we would have war.'' (= '''''If''' father '''were a king,... )
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
(Northern England) was.
(archaic) man (human male), as in .
(obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
* Bosworth
(fandom) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
As verbs the difference between done and were
is that done is past participle of lang=en while were is form of Second-person singular simple past tense indicative|be|lang=en.As an adjective done
is ready, fully cooked.As a noun were is
man (human male), as in {{term|werewolf||man-wolf|lang=en}}.done
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
- He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Derived terms
* be done for * be done with it * done deal * get done for * overdone * well doneVerb
(head)- I have ''done'' my work.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
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* * English irregular past participles ----were
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(head)- John, you were the only person to see him.
- We were about to leave.
- Mary and John, you were right.
- They were a fine group.
- They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
- I wish that it were Sunday.
- I wish that I were with you.
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Synonyms
* (second-person singular past indicative, archaic'') wast (''used with "thou" ) * (second-person singular imperfect subjunctive, archaic'') wert (''used with "thou" )See also
* am * are * is * art * be * being * been * beest * was * wast * wertEtymology 2
(etyl) wer, from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia were) (en noun)- Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were .