Definitions for would

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would would

Spelling: [woo d; unstressed wuh d]

IPA: /wʊd; unstressed wəd/

Would is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in would (dlouw).

Definitions for would

noun

1. weld2 .
2. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
3. power of choosing one's own actions:
4. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
5. wish or desire:
6. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness:
7. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
8. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
9. Law. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses. the document containing such a declaration.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of will1 .
2. (used to express the future in past sentences):
3. (used in place of will, to make a statement or form a question less direct or blunt):
4. (used to express repeated or habitual action in the past):
5. (used to express an intention or inclination):
6. (used to express a wish):
7. (used to express an uncertainty):
8. (used in conditional sentences to express choice or possibility):
9. would have, (used with a past participle to express unfulfilled intention or preference):

Idioms

1. would like, (used to express desire):
2. would rather. rather (def 9).
3. at will, at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: at one's disposal or command.

auxiliary verb

1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:
2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:
3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:
4. may be expected or supposed to:
5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):
6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:
7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:
8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:
9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: .

verb (used with object)

1. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will:
2. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will:
3. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
4. to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions:

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise the will:
2. to decide or determine:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to wish; desire; like:

Origin of would

before 900; Middle English, Old English wolde. See will¹

Examples for would

To have married a girl who cared only for his money; that would have been dire enough.

You, Philothea, came reluctantly—and because Pericles would have it so.

Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.

"And that would be all the same as telling Alcibiades himself," rejoined Milza.

Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?

Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?

"But in a maiden it would be less seemly," answered Philothea.

But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.

Exactly in the measure that he indulged this would his pride smart.