{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "ʃʊd" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US; stressed)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/should.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US; stressed)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/should.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US; unstressed)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/should.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US; unstressed)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/should.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English scholde, from Old English scolde, first and third person preterite form of sculan (“should,” “have to,” “to owe”), the ancestor of English shall. Related to shild and shildy." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(auxiliary) Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.", "submean": [ "Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').\nYou should never drink and drive.\nThe law is clear that you should always wear a seat belt.\nThe manual says that this switch should be in the 'off' position.", "Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.\nYou should go and see that film. I think you'll enjoy it.\nI should exercise more often, but I’m too lazy.\nShe should not have been so rude.", "(informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.\nYou should see his new apartment. It's like a palace!\nIf you think her piano playing is bad, you should hear her sing!", "In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.\nWhat do you think? What should I do?\n2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian‎:Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a \"special master\", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?" ] }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) Ought to; expressing expectation.", "submean": [ "Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.\nThey should have finished by now; I'll call them to check.\nMy fruit trees should be in flower, but the cold spring has set them back.", "Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.\nThey should have it finished by Friday.\nWhen you press this button, the pilot flame should ignite.\nYou should be warm enough with that coat." ] }, { "mean": "(auxiliary, subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.\nIf I should be late, go without me.\nShould you need extra blankets, you will find them in the closet.\nThe man demanded that he should be allowed entry.\nI'm surprised that he should say that.\n1906 August​, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza V, page 47:'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'\n1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:It was a long weary time, for the Boy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long. But he snuggled down patiently, and looked forward to the time when the Boy should be well again, and they would go out in the garden amongst the flowers and the butterflies and play splendid games in the raspberry thicket like they used to.\n1968 December 8, Henry Cosby; Sylvia Moy; Stevie Wonder (lyrics and music), “I’d Be a Fool Right Now”, in For Once in My Life, performed by Stevie Wonder:\nAnd I'd be a fool right nowIf I should hurt you girlAnd I'd be a fool right nowIf I should leave you girl\n2008, Peter Michael Higgins, Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography, page 141 (Google Books view):\nHe is noted for coming up with his 'wager', in which he argued that he was prepared to believe in God on the grounds that he had nothing to lose if he was wrong, and everything to gain should he be right." }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) Simple past tense of shall.\nI told him that I should be busy tomorrow.\n1833, , chapter IV, in Peter Simple. , volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, , published 1834, →OCLC, page 42:I was astonished at this polite offer, which my modesty induced me to ascribe more to my uniform than to my own merits, and, as I felt no inclination to refuse the compliment, I said that I should be most happy." }, { "mean": "(auxiliary) An alternative to would with first person subjects.", "submean": [ "(formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.\nIf I had not been so tired, I should have laughed heartily.\n1900 May 17, L Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo M. Hill Co., →OCLC:\"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us,\" said the Lion, \"I should be quite happy.\"\n1900 May 17, L Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo M. Hill Co., →OCLC:\"Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,\" replied Glinda. \"If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country.\" \"But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!\" cried the Scarecrow. \"I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield.\"", "(formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.\nI should imagine that they have arrived by now.\nI should think you would apologize.\nI should be very grateful to receive your prompt reply. (formal or old-fashioned)\nWe should very much like to meet her. (formal or old-fashioned)\n1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey:I should like to dine with him. I dare say he gives famous dinners.", "Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.\nIt's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I should write and complain." ] } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.\n1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible (page 88)\nWhen the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.\n2003, Robert L. Leahy, Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy‎:However, we can address maladaptive shoulds by examining the differences between prior events, causes, proximate causes, and moral responsibility.\n2008, Working Mother (volume 31, number 8, page 20)\nBeing a list-o-maniac, I suggested we make a list of the \"shoulds\" and \"shouldn'ts.\" So in the darkness of hazy sleep, I began to mentally prepare mine. The first item on the \"should\" side was easy: a sibling for our 3-year-old daughter." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. (Can we add an example for this sense?)" } ] }, { "name": "See_also", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "precatory\nAppendix:English modal verbs\nAppendix:English tag questions\n Auxiliary verb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n Modal verb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n Shall and will on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n\n\n\n\n -->\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=shouldoldid=72512753\"\n\t\tCategories: English terms inherited from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Middle EnglishEnglish terms inherited from Old EnglishEnglish terms derived from Old EnglishEnglish 1-syllable wordsEnglish terms with IPA pronunciationEnglish terms with audio linksRhymes:English/ʊdRhymes:English/ʊd/1 syllableEnglish lemmasEnglish verbsEnglish auxiliary verbsEnglish terms with usage examplesEnglish informal termsEnglish terms with quotationsEnglish formal termsEnglish literary termsEnglish nounsEnglish countable nounsEnglish auxiliary verb formsEnglish defective verbsEnglish irregular simple past formsEnglish modal verbsHidden categories: Requests for translations into BulgarianTerms with redundant transliterationsTerms with redundant transliterations/yueTerms with redundant transliterations/cmnRequests for translations into GeorgianRequests for translations into LaoRequests for translations into MongolianRequests for translations into TibetanRequests for translations into TurkishRequests for review of Dutch translationsRequests for review of German translationsRequests for example sentences in EnglishEnglish verb forms using redundant wikisyntax\n\t\n\n\n\n\tNavigation menu\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tPersonal tools\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tNot logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog in\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tNamespaces\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEntryDiscussion\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tEnglish\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tViews\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tReadEditHistory\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMore\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\t
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