Definitions for Would
wʊd; unstressed wədWould

Wiktionary(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. wouldverb

   As a past-tense form of will.

2. wouldverb

   As a modal verb.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Would

   of Will

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

2. Wouldverb

   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.]

3. Wouldnoun

   see 2d Weld

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce Would?

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 Would in sign language?

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. Al Clark:

   He would be truly appalled by the violence because he gave his life for this stuff, but I can understand the frustration and anger.

2. Glenn Merry:

   It would be easy but irresponsible for us to immediately assume that the rowing course is the main or sole point of exposure that caused the illnesses. We are not jumping to this immediate conclusion for two reasons, first, one of our first cases of illness was a coach, who did not row on the lake, and their contact with the course water would have been specific to handling equipment that had been on the water. Assuming sanitation protocol was followed, we would not expect them to become ill.

3. Joey Hensley:

   I'm personally not afraid so much of the federal government. I think we have plenty of protections under the Second Amendment and I think The Supreme Court would protect our rights, but we wanted to get some legislation on the books, so people knew where we stood.

4. James Apa:

   For this project to work in Washington state, at a minimum there would need to be a change in state law.

5. Alan Krause:

   If it had skis, it would be a land vehicle in the open class.

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