should
English
/ʃʊd/, /ʃəd/
verb
Definitions
- (auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to;
- (auxiliary) ought to;
- (auxiliary) Will be likely to (become or do something);
- (auxiliary) .
- (auxiliary) .
- (auxiliary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scholde inherited from Old English sceolde.
Origin
Old English
sceolde
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Skuld English
- chell English
- nae English
- shall English
- shalln't English
- shallna English
- shallnae English
- shan't English
- should've English
- shoulden English
- shouldn't English
- shouldn't've English
- shouldnae English
- zal Dutch, Flemish
- sceolde Old English
- sċeolde Old English
- schal Middle English
- scholde Middle English
- Skuld Old Norse
- skulan Old High German
- solle Alemannic German
- sa Sranan Tongo