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should

Meaning

1. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
2. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
3. (informal) Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
4. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
5. Ought to; expressing expectation.
6. Ought to; expressing expectation.
7. Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
8. simple past of shall
9. An alternative to would with first person subjects.
10. An alternative to would with first person subjects.
11. An alternative to would with first person subjects.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃʊd/

Cognate with English

English

shall

Cognate with German

German

sollen

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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Sentences

Temper is so good
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a

thing that we should never lose it .

Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it.

Did you ask particularly that you should have yesterday , the Tuesday ?

Did you ask particularly that you should have yesterday, the Tuesday?

In What should we Greeks do in the Present Circumstances ?

In What should we Greeks do in the Present Circumstances?

After writing a

bug
🐛

report , one should regularly check if someone responded .

After writing a bug report, one should regularly check if someone responded.

Anyone planning to travel on
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a

glacier should be trained in crevasse rescue .

Anyone planning to travel on a glacier should be trained in crevasse rescue.

Pharmacopoeia standards for medicinal oils should be heeded .

Pharmacopoeia standards for medicinal oils should be heeded.

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