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What does should mean?

Definitions in simple English

should Verb

— Should is usually used to say that it is a good idea to do something. If you have a test, you should be studying. Who should we call to fix this?

should verb

— (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. — (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable. — (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. — (auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive. — if; in case of

should noun

— A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case.

should verb

— To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.

Synonyms should synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as should?

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Topics should topics

What do people use should to talk about?

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Moods

Hortative

What words indicate that something should be done?

should ought to be responsible for be duty bound
What words indicate that something should not be done?

should not ought not to caution

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Agent-oriented modalities

obligation, weak: it is recommended that the agent complete the action of the main verb: 'Harry ought to get a haircut before meeting Sue's mother'.

ought to should

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Epistemic moods

probability: the speaker is indicating that the situation described in the proposition is probably true. Some marker with this meaning also indicate future time. This is sometimes called the "Dubitative" in grammars: 'Paula should be home by now'.

should

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Probably

What words indicate that something will probably happen?

probably likely probable be a strong possibility it looks as if it looks like chances are may well be in the cards as likely as not I wouldn't be surprised if I dare say I should think I guess
What words indicate that something is probably true?

probably likely probable it looks as if it's a fair bet may well may easily as likely as not I should think
What words indicate that something good will probably happen?

ought to be should be promise to be looks promising

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Advise

What words refer to giving someone advice?

advise say someone should do something give advice recommend urge offer advice advocate commend counsel present promote propose recommend a course of action guide instruct submit make a motion exhort
What words do people use when giving advice?

if I were you you should do something you ought to you'd be better off take my advice take it from me you'd be well advised to do something on no account you'd better I would

Examples should examples

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Simple sentences

You should have listened to me.

You should have told him the truth.

You should apologize.

You should have introduced yourself.

You should have been more careful.

You should give up smoking.

Learning should not be forced. Learning should be encouraged.

You should sleep.

When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.

When you start looking like your passport photo you should go on vacation.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.

Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.

Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.

When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.

You should have refused such an unfair proposal.

You should've rejected such an unfair proposal.

People should understand that the world is changing.

Movie subtitles

I should die!

You should have gone somewhere else.why on a Sunday?

We should come here all the time.

What should we do?

You should be careful.

You should have called.

I should stop playing with kids.

They should have surrendered when they had the chance!

Now is the time that we, the Japan Liberation Front, should make a stand!

You should have finished them off!

If I have Lancelot, I should be able to stop them.

The lower classes should just obey their betters without any back talk!

Garbage like you should just die where no one can. let's break this up.

Insolent whelp! Why should I?

I knew we should have gone there.

Then we should keep the experimental adapted organism here?

We should ask the Rosenberg Institute about that.

But there is so much hydrogen in the Universe that adding all those tiny chances, a detectable amount of radiation should be produced.

Should I marry Leila?

What should be their punishment?

Believe me, you should head back to Oran.

You should know that a man who trusts a woman isn't a real man.

You should make up your mind.

You should have looked in the bag before you gave her the money.

You should think about getting out of the game for a while.

I should have seen it all along.

I'm saying you should take it over and do it right.

Hey, Johnny, we should go shoot hoops after this. You wanna go shoot hoops?

Why should we trust you?

This should be a simple matter for you.

The reason I want to be a doctor is because I don't believe people should suffer, but I'd love to see Frankie get his ass kicked.

We should go en masse and demand to speak to whoever's in charge and make them understand they can't just keep us here.

Things I thought people should see.

You should get some.

We should call ourselves names that mean something.

Guys, come on, we should stay together, yeah?

If we can save him, we should try.

News and current affairs

Some of today's restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity; all such rules should be re-examined by parliaments regularly.

The feature of the proposed pact that elicits the most excitement - its focus on regulatory barriers like mandatory product standards - should actually incite the greatest concern.

In particular, they should have paid greater attention to the sustainability of US mortgage and consumer debt.

Today, such countries should join together to offer Iran (and others) a deal.

Countries that wish to develop nuclear energy but not nuclear bombs should be given international guarantees of fuel supply and disposal of spent fuel.

Reforestation and the repair of natural ecosystems should also be part of a land use policy.

A new CAP should include a policy to safeguard Europe's landscapes.

But a cultural heritage should not be maintained everywhere, nor should it ignore cost.

And it should not be a defensive policy of the sort that tends to concentrate on poor-quality land.

Bottom trawling should simply be outlawed; it would be simple and inexpensive to compensate the fishing industry during a transition to other activities.

Finally, the world should negotiate a new framework no later than 2010 to slow human-induced climate change.

Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other major oil companies should step forward and help to fund the necessary cleanup, ushering in a new era of responsibility.

But the scale of this corruption should not blind us to the problem of public sector accounting, where many deceitful things are also being done.

Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.

Given national supervisors' predictable tendency not to recognize problems at home, it seemed natural that the cost of cleaning up insolvent banks should also be borne at the national level.

Putting the ECB in charge should also help to stop the creeping disintegration process, which is not publicly visible, but is very real nonetheless.

Should the First Girlfriend have her own motorcade, as a first lady would?

Sarkozy, of all people, should know that a large part of the gravitas of office derives from pomp and circumstance.

Failure to do so, in the view of Goldstone's commission, should result in the Security Council referring the matter to the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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