should

/ʃʊd/ · verb

Meaning

(modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
To owe.
A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
(auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate or that the speaker has some strong advice but has no authority to enforce it.
(auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable.
(auxiliary) Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.
(auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive.
(auxiliary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects.

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