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was wrong

was wrong is the simple past of be wrong.

Meaning of be wrong

Verb

be wrong (third-person singular simple present is wrong, present participle being wrong, simple past was wrong, past participle been wrong)

  1. To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)
    Synonyms:
    be mistaken, err

Questions about was wrong

What is was wrong the simple past of?
Was wrong is the simple past of be wrong.

Words near was wrong in the dictionary

  1. was taken ill
  2. was the worse for drink
  3. was there
  4. was used to
  5. was with
  6. was wrong
  7. was't
  8. was-scepter
  9. was-scepters
  10. was-sceptre
  11. was-sceptres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: was wrong (page history and authors); be wrong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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