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   should

   /ʃʊd/

   modal

   • 1. used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions: "he should have been careful"
   • ▪ indicating a desirable or expected state: "by now pupils should be able to read with a large degree of independence"
   • ▪ used to give or ask advice or suggestions: "you should go back to bed"
   • ▪ used to give advice: "I should hold out if I were you"
   • 2. used to indicate what is probable: "£348 m should be enough to buy him out"
   • 3. (expressing the conditional mood) referring to a possible event or situation: formal "if you should change your mind, I'll be at the hotel"
   • ▪ (in the first person) indicating the consequence of an imagined event: "if I were to obey my first impulse, I should spend my days writing letters"
   • 4. used in a clause with ‘that’ after a main clause describing feelings: "it is astonishing that we should find violence here"
   • 5. used in a clause with ‘that’ expressing purpose: "in order that training should be effective it must be planned systematically"
   • 6. (in the first person) expressing a polite request or acceptance: "I should like some more, if I may"
   • 7. (in the first person) expressing a conjecture or hope: "he'll have a sore head, I should imagine"
   • 8. used to emphasize to a listener how striking an event is or was: "you should have seen Marge's face"
   • ▪ emphasizing how surprising an event was: "I was in this shop when who should I see across the street but Tobias"

   Word Origin Old Englishsceolde: past of shall.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

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