Would
ahd-5
auxiliary verb.
Used to express desire or intent.
auxiliary verb.
Used to express a wish.
auxiliary verb.
Used after a statement of desire, request, or advice.
auxiliary verb.
Used to make a polite request.
auxiliary verb.
Used in the main clause of a conditional statement to express a possibility or likelihood.
auxiliary verb.
Used to express presumption or expectation.
auxiliary verb.
Used to indicate uncertainty.
auxiliary verb.
Used to express repeated or habitual action in the past.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Preterit and past subjunctive of
will
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
See 2d
weld
.
imperative.
Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d
will
.
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verb.
As a past-tense form of
will
.
verb.
As a modal verb, the subjunctive of
will
.
Word Usage
"And, of course, if some journalist cited an anonymous source for some scandalous bit of information without making any effort to ensure the source was credible, I would think those journalists *would* have an issue."
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English tag questions
could
should
Etymologically Related
will
would like
would've
wouldn't
wouldst
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Hood
Wood
could
good
goode
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
agent
away
can
ching
cordon
variant
weld
will
verb-form
woulding
verb-stem
will