Should Definition

sho͝od
shall
verb
Used to express obligation or duty.
You should send her a note.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Should

Noun

Singular:
should
Plural:
shoulds

Origin of Should

  • From Old English sceolde, preterite form of sculan (“owe", "be obliged").

    From Wiktionary

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