noun. Preterit of shall.

imperative. Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.

verb. Used to form the future tense of the subjunctive mood, usually in the first person.

verb. Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate.

verb. Will likely (become or do something); indicates that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.

verb. A variant of would.

noun. A statement of what should be the case as opposed to what is the case.

English tag questions  precatory  

should've  shoulde  shouldst  

Hood  Wood  could  good  goode  

active-transitive  both  cannot  classicus  could  

be expedient  be forced  be in for  be necessary  be obliged  

shall  

shoulds  

shall