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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
One would not anticipate that North Korea would go for new testing at a time when they are engaged in discussions with their brothers from the South, in the 21st century, they are the only country to have conducted a nuclear test explosion. In the 21st century, the world is too civilized for anyone to resume testing.
If he were to have severe handicaps, we are convinced that is not at all what Jules would want, we talked about it. He told us that if one day he had an accident like Michael Schumacher's, even if his only handicap was not being able to drive, he would have a lot of difficulty living with it. Because it was his life.
I would have felt embarrassed, i wouldn’t have been able to go to school for a week.
My mother would get drunk and say: ‘Why don’t you move your fat ass?’ So, I’ve always believed I had a fat ass.
If there were no mirrors .... we would always look down on ourselves
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