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Verb (modal)
/wo͝od/,
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(expressing the conditional mood) Indicating the consequence of an imagined event or situation,
  1. (expressing the conditional mood) Indicating the consequence of an imagined event or situation
    • - he would lose his job if he were identified
  2. Used to give advice
    • - I wouldn't drink that if I were you
  3. Expressing a desire or inclination
    • - I would love to work in Prague
    • - would you like some water?
  4. Expressing a polite request
    • - would you pour the wine, please?
  5. Expressing willingness or consent
    • - who would live here?
  6. Expressing a conjecture, opinion, or hope
    • - I would imagine that they'll want to keep it
    • - I guess some people would consider it brutal
    • - I would have to agree
  7. Used to make a comment about behavior that is typical
    • - every night we would hear the boy crying
    • - they would say that, wouldn't they?
  8. Expressing a wish or regret
    • - would that he had lived to finish it
  1. “Would?” is a single by grunge/metal band Alice in Chains, appearing on their album Dirt (1992). This song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 movie Singles, in which the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance. ...
  2. As a modal verb. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish. [from 9th c.] Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional mood (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another. [from 9th c. ...
  3. do that, as in, You better would.