verb Download 🔗Share (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. Examples : "I hope that we shall win the game." grammar language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. Examples : "(determination): You shall go to the ball!" grammar language linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. Examples : "Let us examine that, shall we?" grammar language possibility future essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To owe. Examples : "My parents should me twenty dollars for the concert tickets. " business finance economy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case. Examples : "The teacher emphasized the school's should: students should always be respectful. " philosophy moral statement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. Examples : "My homework should be finished by midnight. " moral philosophy statement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "What do I think? What should I do?" grammar language linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable. Examples : "You should study harder for the test; it will help you get a better grade. " moral attitude value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "When you press this button, the pilot flame should ignite." grammar language possibility essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive. Examples : "If I should be late, go without me." grammar linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects. Examples : "I should be lucky if I were you." grammar language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading