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

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   David

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   Mark

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   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. Zoe Richards:

   To extract and translocate the amount of coral used to build the saru, as well as the structures and walls throughout Leluh, would have required a highly structured social order that could organize and demand significant labor and logistical support from the population.

2. Alice Tripp:

   We dont do that. Gov. Abbott does not need that kind of advice from us. We bring information to the table, if he calls me, I would tell him that.

3. Andrew McClellan:

   Any other museum would simply paper over the loss and take down the frames and put something else up, at the Gardner, it's a haunting presence that will only ever be healed by the return of the paintings.

4. Mary DeRudder:

   We're probably going to do four times the amount this year than we would normally do.

5. John Nelson:

   I started going down to the burn pit because I was growing more and more concerned with the amount of debris, so I started taking a look and I started seeing batteries, the cadmium batteries, the lead. All of that was burning. They were putting the oils and the paints and fuels. All of this stuff, and it was leading to this creation of toxicity and I was becoming concerned about it. john Nelson would wait until the middle of the night to drop it off.

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