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Definitions for Would
wʊd; unstressed wədWould
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Wiktionary
would(Verb)
As a past-tense form of will.
would(Verb)
As a modal verb.
Webster Dictionary
Would
of Will
Etymology: [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.]
Would(verb)
commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will
Etymology: [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.]
Would(noun)
see 2d Weld
Etymology: [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #43
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Written Corpus Frequency: #55
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Would' in Verbs Frequency: #6
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Would in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Would in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Would in a Sentence
History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo Would that change what I had for breakfast
The ability of United States retailers to shift sourcing from China to other suppliers is limited and could take years to complete, even after possible changes in sourcing, the proposed tariffs would have a substantial negative impact on American consumers.
If, in fact, Iran is willing to agree to double-digit years of keeping their program where it is right now and, in fact, rolling back elements of it that currently exist ... if we've got that, and we've got a way of verifying that, there's no other steps we can take that would give us such assurance that they don't have a nuclear weapon.
No doubt in my mind had Assistant Jesse Hernandez not done what Assistant Jesse Hernandez did, we would have had a real tragedy here, so we’re very proud of Assistant Jesse Hernandez.
The auto sector may see the repeat of the patterns seen in the steel sector, i don't think the U.S. will exempt Korea from auto tariffs for free. That would come with a cost, whether it is a quota or something else.
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