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 Definitions of would-be  [ʊd; unstressed wəd]  

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Definition of 'would-be' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) would-be
wishing or pretending to be:
a would-be wit.

2.  would-be
intended to be:
a would-be kindness.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'would-be' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) manque, would-be(a)
unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition


Definition of 'would-be' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) would-be
desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet


Translation of 'would-be' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: trying, hoping, or merely pretending, to be
a would-be poet.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aspirant Arabic flag Arabic: راغِب في أن يكون، مُدَّعٍ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: който твърди, че е
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pretenso Czech flag Czech: rádoby German flag German: Möchtegern-...
Danish flag Danish: vordende Greek flag Greek: επίδοξος Spanish flag Spanish: aspirante, supuesto, frus
Estonian flag Estonian: (kellekski) püüdlev Farsi flag Farsi: به اصطلاح Finnish flag Finnish: havitteleva
French flag French: qui se veut, soi-disant Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִתייַמֵר Hindi flag Hindi: भावी
Croatian flag Croatian: navodni Hungarian flag Hungarian: leendő Indonesian flag Indonesian: calon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sem vill vera, telur sig Italian flag Italian: sedicente, preteso Japanese flag Japanese: ~のつもりの
Korean flag Korean: 자칭의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bûsimas, tariamas, numato Latvian flag Latvian: topošais; iespējamais
Malay flag Malay: bakal; kononnya Dutch flag Dutch: would-be Norwegian flag Norwegian: vordende, aspirerende; så
Polish flag Polish: rzekomy, niedoszły, domni Persian flag Persian: به اصطلاح Pashto flag Pashto: په اصطلاح
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pretenso Romanian flag Romanian: care se vrea, aşa-zis Russian flag Russian: так называемый
Slovak flag Slovak: tiež- Slovenian flag Slovenian: tako imenovani Serbian flag Serbian: u pokušaju
Swedish flag Swedish: tilltänkt, blivande, så k Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งอยากจะเป็น Turkish flag Turkish: sözde, sözüm ona, ... geç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 試圖(希望或假裝)成為,準… Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: потенційний Urdu flag Urdu: خواہشمند
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có thể trở thành Chinese flag Chinese: 将要成为

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