Definitions for as it were
as it were

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. as it were, so to speakadverb

   as if it were really so

   "she lives here, as it were"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. as it wereadverb

   Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see as,‎ it,‎ were.

2. as it wereadverb

   Used to indicate that a word or statement is perhaps not exact though practically right; as if it were so.

   God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

3. as it wereadverb

   Used to draw attention to the use of a metaphor, sometimes to prevent confusion or to highlight wordplay.

   She gave all of the women seated at the restaurant food for thought, as it were.

4. Etymology: From Middle English as it were, as hyt were, als it were, als hit were, from Old English *ealswā hit wǣre, attested only as swā hit wǣre and swylċe hit wǣre ("as it were ", literally " as it would be").

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1. as it were

   "As it were" is a phrase used to indicate that the following statement is figurative, metaphorical or not exactly true. It is an appeal to the listener or reader to understand the succeeding expression as an approximation or estimate rather than a literal fact.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'as it were' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1595

Anagrams for as it were »

1. sweatier

2. weariest

How to pronounce as it were?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of as it were in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of as it were in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of as it were in a Sentence

1. Charles Fleischmann:

   I ask the majority to condemn the comments that were just made by their member.

2. Read MoreBART spokeswoman Alicia Trost:

   It then started looking like things were turning more violent. By the time I realized it was turning violent, someone had already snatched my phone and half of them had run out. I looked back again and saw that they were attacking this one family.

3. Ron Johnson:

   The fact that I just question the narrative that there were thousands of armed insurrections intent on overthrowing the government; you've seen how that's worked out for me, so our colleagues say look at that and decide they don't want to touch that issue with a 10-foot pole. But this is highly alarming. Every American should be concerned when we see the unequal administration of justice.

4. The Bavarian ministry:

   A round of testing for employees took place there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, of 128 results now available, 127 were negative.

5. Hans Koenigsmann:

   Just prior, before we wanted to fire the (thrusters), there was an anomaly and the vehicle was destroyed, there were no injuries. SpaceX had taken all safety measures prior to this test, as we always do.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=as it were
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/As_it_Were
3. ^ ChatGPT
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