Should Definition
sho͝od
shall
verb
Used to express obligation or duty.
You should send her a note.
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Used to express probability or expectation.
They should arrive at noon.
American Heritage
Used to express conditionality or contingency.
If she should fall, then so would I.
American Heritage
Used to moderate the directness or bluntness of a statement.
I should think he would like to go.
American Heritage
I had hoped I should see you.
Webster's New World
noun
A statement of what should be the case as opposed to what is the case.
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Other Word Forms of Should
Noun
Singular:
shouldPlural:
shouldsOrigin of Should
From Old English sceolde, preterite form of sculan (“owe", "be obliged").
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