should
/ʃəd/
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.; Used to issue an instruction; Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable
- he/she/it
- should
- past
- shoulded
- past participle
- shoulded
Meanings
- 1
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.; Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must')
What should I do now?
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I should go with you.
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- 2
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.; Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable
- 3
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.; With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way
- 4
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.; In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc
- 5
Ought to; expressing expectation.; Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now
- 6
Ought to; expressing expectation.; Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future
- 7
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc