Definitions for Should
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Wiktionary(4.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shouldnoun

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

2. shouldverb

   Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to;

3. shouldverb

   Will likely (become or do something);

   You should be warm enough with that coat.

4. shouldverb

   A variant of would.

5. Etymology: sceolde, preterite form of sculan.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shouldverb

   Etymology: scude, Dutch; sceoldan , Saxon.

   1. This is a kind of auxiliary verb used in the conjunctive mood, of which the signification is not easily fixed.2. I Should go. It is my business or duty to go.3. If I Should go. If it happens that I go.4. Thou Should’st go. Thou oughtest to go.5. If thou Should’st go. If it happens that thou goest.6. The same significations are found in all the other persons singular and plural.

   Let not a desperate action more engage you
   Than safety should. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   Some praises come of good wishes and respects, when by telling men what they are, they represent to them what they should be. Francis Bacon.

   To do thee honour I will shed their blood,
   Which the just laws, if I were faultless, should. Edmund Waller.

   So subjects love just kings, or so they should. Dryden.

   I conclude, that things are not as they should be. Jonathan Swift.

   7. Should be. A proverbial phrase of slight contempt or irony.

   The girls look upon their father as a clown, and the boys think their mother no better than she should be. Addison.

   8. There is another signification now little in use, in which should has scarcely any distinct or explicable meaning. It should be differs in this sense very little from it is.

   There is a fabulous narration, that in the northern countries there should be an herb that groweth in the likeness of a lamb, and feedeth upon the grass. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Should

   of Shall

2. Should

   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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Should

   shood, pa.t. of shall. [A.S. sceolde, pa.t. of sceal; cf. Shall.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Should' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #88

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Should' in Written Corpus Frequency: #128

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Should' in Verbs Frequency: #20

How to pronounce Should?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Should in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Should in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Should in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Should in a Sentence

1. Vice President Biden:

   We should be proud of where the hell we are, and not yield an inch. But in the meantime, you can’t eat equality. You know?

2. Wells Fargo:

   The OCC's actions are consistent with my belief that we should hold ourselves and individuals accountable. They also are consistent with our belief that significant parts of the operating model of our Community Bank were flawed.

3. Nikos Koltsidas:

   It doesn't require the effort it did in the past, where the farmer had to be on the farm the whole day, grazing the animals or milking them with their hands, to those thinking about going back to working in coal, they should look at all the regions that are thriving without it.

4. Sheriff Rick Staly:

   Tragic disagreements should never result in violence in our streets.

5. François Fénelon:

   Little opportunities should be improved.

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