shoulds
/SH OW1 L D Z/- 1
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
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Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
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Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
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Ought to; expressing expectation.
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Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
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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.
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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.
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In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
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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.
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To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
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(subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
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(formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
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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.
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An alternative to would with first person subjects.
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To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
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Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
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