Dictionary
should
Meaning
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- Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
- Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
- (informal) Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
- Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
- Ought to; expressing expectation.
- Ought to; expressing expectation.
- Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- simple past of shall
- An alternative to would with first person subjects.
- An alternative to would with first person subjects.
- An alternative to would with first person subjects.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃʊd/
New
shall
- Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
- Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
- Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
- (obsolete) To owe.
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