Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.auxiliary, defective, informal, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Ought to; expressing expectation.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past, subjunctive
An alternative to would with first person subjects.
Used to express a conditional outcome.auxiliary, defective, formal, literary, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past
To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.auxiliary, defective, modal
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