was

/wɒz/

意味: be動詞の過去形

例文: Chair-kun was once human.
　　  チェア君はかつて人間だった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: was born(生まれた), was made(作られた), was used(使われた)

定義: 「was」は「be動詞」の過去形で、「am」「is」の過去の状態を表します。過去の出来事や状態を説明するために使われます。例えば、「彼は昨日ここにいた」や「それは昔の話だ」のように、過去の事実や状況を述べるときに使います。

wasは約200語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Verb: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Verb: be identical to; be someone or something
Verb: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Verb: have an existence, be extant
Verb: happen, occur, take place
Verb: be identical or equivalent to
Verb: form or compose
Verb: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
Verb: represent, as of a character on stage
Verb: spend or use time
Verb: have life, be alive
Verb: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
Verb: be priced at

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She was happy to see him again.(彼女は彼に再会して嬉しかった。)
The meeting was scheduled for noon.(会議は正午に予定されていた。)
It was a sunny day yesterday.(昨日は晴れた日だった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: John is rich
Verb: This is not a good answer
Verb: The president of the company is John Smith
Verb: This is my house
Verb: Where is my umbrella?
Verb: The toolshed is in the back
Verb: What is behind this behavior?
Verb: Is there a God?
Verb: I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents’ house
Verb: There were two hundred people at his funeral
Verb: There was a lot of noise in the kitchen
Verb: One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!
Verb: This money is my only income
Verb: The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
Verb: These constitute my entire belonging
Verb: The children made up the chorus
Verb: This sum represents my entire income for a year
Verb: These few men comprise his entire army
Verb: He is a herpetologist
Verb: She is our resident philosopher
Verb: Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Verb: I may be an hour
Verb: Our great leader is no more
Verb: My grandfather lived until the end of war
Verb: let her be
Verb: These shoes cost $100

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Evergreen State, WA, Washington, be, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, follow, live, make up, personify, represent

Antonyms(反意語): differ

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): be, stay, take, typify

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, act, answer, appear, bake, balance, be, be well, beat, begin, belong, breathe, buy, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cut, cut across, deck, depend, deserve, disagree, distribute, diverge, draw, embody, end, fall, feel, figure, fit, gape, go, gravitate, hail, hang, head, hold, hoodoo, hum, impend, incarnate, iridesce, jumble, keep, keep out, kill, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, measure, mope, object, osculate, owe, pay, point, press, promise, prove, put out, rage, range, rank, rate, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, seem, seethe, sell, shine, sit tight, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stick together, stink, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swim, swing, tend, test, total, translate, transplant, trim, typify, underlie, want, wash, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abound, accept, account, account for, act, answer, appear, attend, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, body, breathe, buy, center on, clean, coexist, cohere, come, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, compose, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cox, cut, cut across, deck, depend, deserve, disagree, distribute, diverge, draw, dwell, end, endanger, equate, exemplify, extend, face, fall, fall into, feel, figure, fit, flow, follow, form, gape, go, gravitate, hail, hang, head, hold, hoodoo, hum, impend, incarnate, indwell, inhabit, iridesce, jumble, kick around, kill, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, match, measure, mope, object, occupy, osculate, owe, pay, point, populate, preexist, present, press, prevail, promise, prove, put out, rage, range, rank, rate, reach, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, seem, seethe, sell, set back, shine, sit, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand back, stand by, stay, stick, stink, straddle, stretch, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, supplement, swim, swing, tend, test, total, translate, transplant, trim, underlie, vet, want, wash, wind, work

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: Washingtonian, being, constituent, cost, existence, existent, living, make-up, makeup, persona

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): s

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検5級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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