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wʊd; unstressed wədwould

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Wiktionary

  1. wouldverb

    As a past-tense form of will.

  2. wouldverb

    As a modal verb.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wouldthe preterite of will.

    If God’s providence did not so order it, cheats would daily be committed, which would justle private men out of their rights, and unhinge states. John Ray.

    He by the rules of his own mind, could construe no other end of mens doings but self-seeking, suddenly feared what they could do, and as suddenly suspected what they would do, and as suddenly hated them, as having both might and mind so to do. Philip Sidney.

    She would give her a lesson for walking so late, that should make her keep within doors for one fortnight. Philip Sidney.

    Jealous Philoclea, that was even jealous of herself; for Zelmane would needs have her glove. Philip Sidney.

    You would be satisfied? ——
    Would? nay, and will. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    They know not what they are, nor what they would be, any further than that they would not be what they are. Roger L'Estrange.

    It will be needless to enumerate all the simple ideas belonging to each sense: nor indeed is it possible if we would; there being a great many more of them belonging to most of the senses than we have names for. John Locke.

    By pleasure and pain I would be understood to signify, whatsoever delights or molests us, whether from the thoughts of our minds, or any thing operating on our bodies. John Locke.

    What wouldst thou with us? William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Mr. Slender, what would you with me? ——
    —— I Would little or nothing with you. William Shakespeare.

    Celia! if you apprehend
    The muse of your incensed friend;
    Nor would that he record your blame,
    And make it live; repeat the same;
    Again deceive him, and again,
    And then he swears he’ll not complain. Edmund Waller.

    The excess of diet would be avoided. Francis Bacon.

    As for percolation, which belongeth to separation, trial would be made by clarifying by adhesion, with milk put into new beer and stirred with it. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    I would my father look’d but with my eyes. William Shakespeare.

    I would this musick would come. William Shakespeare.

    I, this sound I better know:
    Wise men will do it without a law; I would there might be a law to restrain fools. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

    List! I would I could hear mo. Ben Jonson.

    This is yet the outward, fairest side
    Of our design: within rests more of fear
    Than my most worthy lords, I would there were. Daniel.

    Would thou hadst hearken’d to my words, and stay’d
    With me, as I besought thee, when that strange
    Desire of wand’ring, this unhappy morn,
    Possess’d thee. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Would God we might prevent the need of such unkindly expedients, and by a thankful sense of what we have, provide to conserve it. Decay of Piety.

    I scarce am pleas’d, I tamely mount the throne,
    Would Aurengzebe had all their souls in one. Dryden.

    And would to heav’n the storm you felt, would bring
    On Carthaginian coasts your wand’ring king. Dryden.

  2. Weld or or Wouldnoun

    luteola, Latin. Yellow weed, or dyers weed.

    Its leaves are oblong and intire: it has an anomalous flower, consisting of many dissimilar leaves: the fruit is globular, hollow, and divided into three parts. The dyers use it for dying bright yellows and lemon colours; and this is by some supposed to be the plant used by the ancient Picts in painting their bodies. Philip Miller.

Wikipedia

  1. would

    The English modal verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality (properties such as possibility, obligation, etc.). They can be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participle or infinitive forms) and by their neutralization (that they do not take the ending -(e)s in the third-person singular). The principal English modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must. Certain other verbs are sometimes classed as modals; these include ought, had better, and (in certain uses) dare and need. Verbs which share only some of the characteristics of the principal modals are sometimes called "quasi-modals", "semi-modals", or "pseudo-modals".

ChatGPT

  1. would

    The word "would" is a verb form used to express a conditional action or event that is hypothetical, probable, or desired but not yet realized or certain. It often indicates an intention, preference, or possibility in the past, present, or future. Additionally, "would" can function as a modal verb to indicate a polite request, suggestion, or advice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Would

    of Will

  2. Wouldverb

    commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will

  3. Wouldnoun

    see 2d Weld

  4. Etymology: [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Would

    wood, pa.t. of will.—adj. Would′-be, aspiring, trying, or merely professing to be.—n. a vain pretender. [A.S. wolde, pa.t. of willan.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #43

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Written Corpus Frequency: #55

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Verbs Frequency: #6

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Would in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Would in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Would in a Sentence

  1. Bala Hota:

    Previously infected people will be able to be excluded as susceptible individuals in modeling, which would impact the prediction of how many cases will occur in the near future, at an individual level, if people can know if they were asymptomatically or mildly infected and recovered, they can know that they are immune and can safely return to work once the shelter at home is eliminated.

  2. Brad Morris:

    John Deere is committed to a favorable outcome for our employees, our communities and everyone involved, we are determined to reach an agreement with the UAW that would put every employee in a better economic position and continue to make them the highest paid employees in the agriculture and construction industries. We will keep working day and night to understand our employees' priorities and resolve this strike.

  3. Gordon Trowbridge:

    The hearing is part of the process that we would need to go through to determine whether or not Chrysler is meeting its obligations.

  4. AMYNE E. QASEM:

    If Moroccans were discussing human rights and democracy in cafes the way they discuss Religion we would certainly have taken an important step in democracy

  5. Lee Mordechai:

    It's easy to assume infectious diseases in the past would have catastrophic results. Yet, we used every type of data set we could get our hands on, without assuming a disease outbreak must result in catastrophic results, i.e. that tens of millions died. We found no evidence in any of these data sets to suggest such a destructive outcome, this paper was only possible by working with a diverse disciplinary team, and we hope our work will start a new collaborative discussion of the impact of past disease outbreaks.

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