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BooQs
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Headword(English)
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Meaning details(1)
The other one; the second of two.
One boat is not better than the other.
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An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
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BooQs
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(auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
I might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
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(auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate permission in past tense.
He asked me if he might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
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Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
Hey man, you might have warned me about the thunderstorm.
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(auxiliary) Even though.
I might be in a wheelchair, but I still want to be treated as a lady.
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(auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission
Might I take the last biscuit?
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(auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty.
Yeah, I think we might need something a bit sturdier.
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(auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate possibility in past tense.
I thought that I might go the next day.
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BooQs
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Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
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Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
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Could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
He denied it, but then he would, wouldn't he?
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(archaic) Wanted to.
And thenne at laste a-nother sayd that he wolde have eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she understod hym wel.
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(obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
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Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.
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Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I would write and complain.
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(chiefly archaic) Might wish (+ verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
KING HENRY
Thou dost not wish more help from England, coz?
WESTMORELAND
God’s will, my liege, would you and I alone,
Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
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(archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
At which time he told me, he would to London that week, and so to Oxford.
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Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
I would ask you all to sit down.
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Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
I would love to come and visit.
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Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
He's very security-conscious, so he would have remembered to lock the door.
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Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
Would you pass the salt, please?
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(chiefly archaic, transitive or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs?
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Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
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BooQs
Modification of item （ Adopted ）
Headword(English)
Parts of speech
Meaning details(1)
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
Boys will be boys.
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(archaic) Implying will go.
I’ll to England.
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(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
One of our salesmen will visit you tomorrow.
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(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
He will be home by now. He always gets home before 6 o'clock.
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(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
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(auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation.
Will you marry me?
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(now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
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(now rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
the disciples cam to Jesus sayinge unto hym: where wylt thou that we prepare for the to eate the ester lambe?
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BooQs
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Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
They should have finished by now; I'll call them to check.
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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.
They should have it finished by Friday.
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(formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
If I had not been so tired, I should have laughed heartily.
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In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
What do you think? What should I do?
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(auxiliary, subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
If I should be late, go without me.
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Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I should write and complain.
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Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
You should never drink and drive.
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Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
You should go and see that film. I think you'll enjoy it.
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(informal) 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.
You should see his new apartment. It's like a palace!
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(auxiliary) Simple past tense of shall.
I told him that I should be busy tomorrow.
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(formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
I should imagine that they have arrived by now.
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BooQs
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Meaning details(1)
(modal auxiliary, defective) To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
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(modal auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.
You must arrive in class on time. (the requirement is an imperative)
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(modal auxiliary, defective) Used to indicate that something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.
The children must be asleep by now.
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BooQs
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(modal, defective, auxiliary) Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
How old may Phillis be, you ask, / Whose Beauty thus all Hearts engages.
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(modal, defective, subjunctive, auxiliary) Used to express a wish (takes a simple bare infinitive with present subjunctive effect).
may you win; may the weather be sunny
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(obsolete, intransitive) To be strong; to have power (over).
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(obsolete, auxiliary) To be able; can.
But many times[…]we give way to passions we may resist and will not.
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(intransitive, poetic) To be able to go.
O weary night, O long and tedious night,
Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East,
That I may backe to Athens by day-light […].
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(modal, defective, auxiliary) To have permission to, to be allowed to. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests; takes a simple bare infinitive.
you may smoke outside; may I sit there?
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(modal, defective, auxiliary) Used to express a present or future possibility; aspectually, this sense takes a simple, progressive/continuous or perfect bare infinitive.
he may be lying; Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box
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BooQs
Modification of item （ Adopted ）
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Parts of speech
Meaning details(1)
Must; need to; to be required to. Indicates obligation.
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
Meaning details(2)
(with be) Must (logical conclusion).
that has to be the postman; it has to be an electrical fault
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BooQs
Modification of item （ Adopted ）
Headword(English)
Parts of speech
Meaning details(1)
simple past tense of can
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
Meaning details(2)
Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
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Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
Could I borrow your coat?
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Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
Could you proofread this email?
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Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
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Used to suggest something.
You could try adding more salt to the soup.
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(obsolete except Tyneside) past participle of can
I haven't could sleep.
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BooQs
Modification of item （ Adopted ）
Headword(English)
Parts of speech
Meaning details(1)
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
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(obsolete, transitive) To know.
I can rimes of Robin Hood.
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(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German.
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(modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.
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(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
