What does must mean?
Definitions for must
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Princeton's WordNet
mustnoun
a necessary or essential thing
"seat belts are an absolute must"
mustnoun
grape juice before or during fermentation
mustiness, must, moldinessadjective
the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
must(a)adjective
highly recommended
"a book that is must reading"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
MUSTnoun
New wine; new wort.
Etymology: mustum, Latin.
If in the must of wine, or wort of beer, before it be tunned, the burrage stay a small time, and be often changed, it makes a sovereign drink for melancholy. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
As a swarm of flies in vintage time,
About the wine-press where sweet must is pour’d,
Beat off, returns as oft with humming sound. John Milton.The wime itself was suiting to the rest,
Still working in the must, and lately press’d. Dryden.A frugal man that with sufficient must
His casks replenish’d yearly; he no more
Desir’d, nor wanted. Phillips.Liquors, in the act of fermentation, as must and new ale, produce spasms in the stomach. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
MUSTverb imperfect.
To be obliged. It is only used before a verb. Must is of all persons and tenses, and used of persons and things.
Etymology: mussen, Dutch.
Do you confess the bond?
———— I do.
———— Then must the Jew be merciful.
———— On what compulsion must I? tell me that. William Shakespeare.Must I needs bring thy son unto the land from whence thou camest? Gen. xxiv. 5.
Fade, flowers, fade, nature will have it so;
’Tis but what we must in our Autumn do. Edmund Waller.Because the same self-existent being necessarily is what he is, ’tis evident that what he may be, or hath the power of being, he must be. Nehemiah Grew.
Every father and brother of the convent has a voice in the election, which must be confirmed by the pope. Addison.
To Mustverb
To mould; to make mouldy.
Etymology: mws, Welsh, stinking; mos, Dutch, mouldiness; or perhaps from moist.
Others are made of stone and lime; but they are subject to give and be moist, which will must corn. John Mortimer.
To Mustverb
To grow mouldy.
Wikipedia
must
Must is the juice made out of freshly pressed grapes.
ChatGPT
must
Must is a modal verb that expresses necessity, obligation, or strong recommendation. It indicates that something is required or mandatory, and not optional. It is often used to impose a certain condition or to emphasize the importance of a particular action or behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Must
to be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws
Must
to be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane
Mustnoun
the expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation
Mustnoun
mustiness
Must
to make musty; to become musty
Etymology: [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. mste, pret. mt, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. mtan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. mssen to be obliged, Sw. mste must, Goth. gamtan to have place, have room, to able; of unknown origin.]
Wikidata
Must
Must is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking. Because of its high glucose content, typically between 10 and 15%, must is also used as a sweetener in a variety of cuisines. Unlike commercially sold grape juice, which is filtered and pasteurized, must is thick with particulate matter, opaque, and comes in various shades of brown and/or purple.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Must
must, v.i. to be obliged physically or morally. [A.S. mót, móste; Ger. müssen.]
Must
must, n. wine pressed from the grape, but not fermented: potato-pulp prepared for fermentation. [A.S. must—L. mustus, new, fresh.]
Must
must, n. an occasional state of dangerous frenzy in adult male elephants.
Editors Contribution
must
To act ethically and morally.
We know our unity is working and we must and choose to work together for the optimum health and shared prosperity of everyone.
Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MUST
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Must is ranked #120901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Must surname appeared 143 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Must.
95.8% or 137 total occurrences were White.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'must' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #112
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'must' in Written Corpus Frequency: #200
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'must' in Verbs Frequency: #25
Anagrams for must »
stum
smut
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of must in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of must in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of must in a Sentence
We agree with Mr. Baldwin and believe that Seth Kenney as primary ammunition supplier commingled live rounds with blank rounds in the ammunition provided to Rust, we have again asked that the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office and FBI test the live rounds for fingerprints and DNA to confirm where the live rounds came from. To date they have not done so on this vital question, which must be answered to uncover the full truth of what happened.
Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow the skunks to choose the weapons.
We need to pay special attention to the rapid development of digital finance and fintech, when we are not entirely certain where a (new) form of business is heading, we must pay attention to risk management.
The clock is ticking. There won't be a new list in Riga, but over the course of May it must finally be reached, the liquidity situation in Greece is already a little tight, but it should be sufficient into June.
Premier Li's words in Shandong were more of an improvisation, not an official report, what he didn't say but would naturally imply was that the street stall economy must be well regulated too.
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- لازم, يلزم, لابد, وجب, يجب, علي أن, يتحتمArabic
- му́сіць, паві́ненBelarusian
- тря́бваBulgarian
- deureCatalan, Valencian
- musitCzech
- skulle, skalDanish
- Muss, Most, müssenGerman
- πρέπει, υποχρέωση, αναγκαιότητα, μούστοςGreek
- deviEsperanto
- mosto, deber, necesarioSpanish
- بایدPersian
- täytyyFinnish
- must, moût, devoir, obligationFrench
- moatteWestern Frisian
- caithfidhIrish
- होना, चाहिए, पड़ना, होगाHindi
- dweHaitian Creole
- kellHungarian
- mosto, dovereItalian
- צריךHebrew
- いけない, 駄目, ならないJapanese
- უნდაGeorgian
- 해야 하다Korean
- servandus sum, debere, mustum, futurus sum, debeōLatin
- privaloLithuanian
- мо́раMacedonian
- ёстойMongolian
- mestiMalay
- mostNorwegian
- moetenDutch
- mostNorwegian Nynorsk
- krav, måtte, mustNorwegian
- musiećPolish
- dever, mostoPortuguese
- stuair, stuvair, stuer, stueirRomansh
- trebui, mustRomanian
- должны́, должна́, до́лжен, должно́Russian
- mošt, мо́рати, mórati, моштSerbo-Croatian
- musieťSlovak
- moratiSlovene
- mushtAlbanian
- måste, mustSwedish
- ต้องThai
- gerek olmak, koşul, olmazsa olmaz, lazım olmak, gereklilik, -meli, şart, zorunluluk, -malı, şıraTurkish
- пови́ний, му́ситиUkrainian
- پڑنا, چاہيےUrdu
- phảiVietnamese
- 必须Chinese
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