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would

past tense and past participle of will: Would you have gone to the game with me if I had asked you to?

Not to be confused with:

wood – the hard, fibrous substance of a tree or shrub; the trunks or main stems of trees; timber or lumber: Most furniture is made out of wood.

would

(wo͝od)

aux.v.Past tense ofwill²

1.Used to express desire or intent:She said she would meet us at the corner.

2.Used to express a wish. This sense is archaic ("I would you were so honest a man!"—William Shakespeare) except in contexts with an implicit first person singular subject and followed by a clause beginning withthat:Would that it stop snowing!

3.Used after a statement of desire, request, or advice:I wish you would stay.

4.Used to make a polite request:Would you go with me?

5.Used in the main clause of a conditional statement to express a possibility or likelihood:If I had enough money, I would buy a car. We would have gone to the beach, had the weather been good. See Usage Note atif.

6.Used to express presumption or expectation:That would be Steve at the door.

7.Used to indicate uncertainty:He would seem to be getting better.

8.Used to express repeated or habitual action in the past:Every morning we would walk in the garden.

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would

(wʊd;unstressed wəd)

1. used as an auxiliary to form the past tense or subjunctive mood ofwill¹

2. (with:you, he, she, it, they,or a noun as subject) used as an auxiliary to indicate willingness or desire in a polite manner:would you help me, please?.

3.used as an auxiliary to describe a past action as being accustomed or habitual:every day we would go for walks.

4.I wish:would that he were here.

Usage: See atshould

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would

(wʊd;unstressed wəd)

v.

1. a pt. of will¹.

2. (used to express the future in past sentences): He said he would go tomorrow.

3. (used in place ofwill, to make a statement or form a question less direct or blunt): That would scarcely be fair. Would you be so kind?

4. (used to express repeated or habitual action in the past): We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm.

5. (used to express an intention or inclination): Nutritionists would have us all eat whole grains.

6. (used to express a wish): Would that she were here!

7. (used to express an uncertainty): It would appear that he is guilty.

8. (used in conditional sentences to express choice or possibility): They would come if they had the fare. If the temperature were higher, the water would evaporate.

9. (used with the present perfect to express unfulfilled intention or preference): I would have saved you some but the children took it all.

Idioms:

would like, (used to express desire): I would like to go next year.

usage:Seeshould.

would

1.form and pronunciation

Would is a modal. It is used in a number of different ways.

Whenwould comes after a pronoun, it is not usually pronounced in full. When you write down what someone says, you usually represent 'would' as'd and add it to the end of the pronoun. For example, instead of writing 'I would like that', you write 'I'd like that'.

Would has the negative formwould not. Thenot is not usually pronounced in full. When you write down what someone says, you usually writewouldn't. For example, instead of writing 'Hewould not do that', you write 'Hewouldn't do that'.

2.talking about the past

You can usewould to talk about something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.

Wewould normally spend the winter in Miami.

Shewould often hear him singing.

Used to has a similar meaning.

Sheused to visit them every Sunday.

In the afternoons, Iused to read.

However,used to can also be used to talk about states and situations that existed in the past but no longer exist. You cannot use 'would' like this. You can say, for example, 'Sheused to work there'. Don't say 'She would work there'

Iused to be quite overweight.

You usewould have to talk about actions and events that were possible in the past, although they did not in fact happen.

Itwould have been unfair if we had won.

Iwould have said yes, but Julia persuaded me to stay at home.

Whenwould not is used to talk about something that happened in the past, it means that someone refused to do something.

They justwould not believe what we told them.

I asked him to come with me, but hewouldn't.

Would is sometimes used in stories to talk about someone's thoughts about the future.

He thought to himself how wonderful itwould taste.

Would he ever be successful?

3.used in conditional sentences

You usewould in a conditional sentence when you are talking about a situation that you know does not exist. Usewould in the main clause. In the conditional clause, use the past simple, the past progressive, orcould.

If Ihad enough money, Iwould buy the car.

If hewas coming, hewould call.

Iwould work if Icould.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'would' in the conditional clause in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'If I would have enough money, I would buy the car'.

When you are talking about the past, you usewould have in a conditional sentence to mention an event that might have happened but did not happen. In this kind of sentence, you use the past perfect in the conditional clause andwould have in the main clause.

If hehad realized, hewould have told someone.

If shehad not been wearing her seat belt, shewould have been killed.

4.used in reported clauses

Would is also used in reported clauses.

He asked if Iwould answer some questions.

I felt confident that everythingwould be all right.

5.requests, orders, and instructions

You can usewould to make a request.

Would you do something for me?

Would someone carry this?

You can also usewould to give an order or instruction.

Pour me a cup of coffee,would you?

Would you sit down, please?

6.offers and invitations

You can say 'Would you...?' when you are offering something to someone, or making an invitation.

Would you like a drink?

Would anyone care for some ice cream?

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Translations

سَوْفَسوفَ في الزَّمَن الماضي

bude

det ertypisk!ville

würde

θα

(expressing annoyance)(past tense of will)(politely expressing an opinion)(speaking of something that willhacer en condicional

-isi

conditionnel

željeti

gat nú skeîmundi

auxiliary verb for conditional mood preferirei volli

･･･するつもりだ

~할 것이다

būsimasgal malonėtumėt

zou(den)

skal

pretérito de will verbo usado para exprimir possibilidade

согласиться

skulle

อยากจะ

ecek, acak

đồng ý sẽ

也许将要大概将将会将会做

would

[wʊd]AUX VB, MODAL AUX VB

1. (conditional tense)if you asked him he would do it →si se lopidieras loharía
if you had asked him he would have done it →si se lo hubieraspedido lo habríahecho
you would never know she was not a native Spanish speaker →nadiediría que elespañol no es sulengua materna
would you go there by yourself? →¿irías allí sola?
I would have a word with him (if I were you) →seríaaconsejable discutirlocon él
I wouldn't worry too much if I were you →yo en tulugar no mepreocuparía demasiado

2. (in indirect speech)I said I would do it →tedije que loharíaorhacía
I thought you would want to know →pensé que querríassaber

3. (emphatic)you would be the one to forget! →¡quiénmás si no tú seiba aolvidar!, ¡tútenías que serel que seolvidase!
it would be you! →¡tútenías que ser!
he would say that, wouldn't he? →eslógico quedijera eso

4. (conjecture)what would this be? →¿qué será esto?
it would have been about eight o'clock →serían las ocho
it would seem so →asíparece ser

5. (indicating willingness)

5.1. (in invitations) →querer
would you like some tea?; would you care for some tea? →¿quieretomar un té?
would you come this way? →pase por favoror (esp LAm) si hace favor

5.2. (requests, wishes)would you close the door please? →¿puedescerrar lapuerta, porfavor?
please would you wake me up at seven o'clock? →¿podría despertarme a las siete, porfavor?
would you mind? →si no leimporta,si no tiene inconveniente
what would you have me do? →¿qué quieres quehaga?

5.3. (insistence)I told her not to but she would do it →ledije que no, peroinsistió en hacerlo

5.4. (refusal)he wouldn't do it →no quería hacerlo, senegó a hacerlo
he wouldn't say if it was true →no quisodecir si eraverdad
the car wouldn't start →elcoche senegóornegaba aarrancar, elcoche no queríaarrancar

6. (habit)he would paint it each year →solía pintarlocada año, lopintaba cada año

7. (in set expressions)
wouldthat it were not so! (o.f., poet) →¡ojalá (y) no fuera así!
wouldto God!, wouldto heaven! (liter) →¡ojalá!
try as he would →por mucho que seesforzara,por más que intentase

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would

[ˈwʊd](STRONG)[wəd]modal aux vb

(conditional) I would do it if ... →Je leferais si ...
If you asked him he would do it →Si vous le luidemandiez, il leferait.
If you had asked him he would have done it →Si vous le lui aviezdemandé, il l'auraitfait.
would that (=if only) →si seulement
Would that it were true →Si seulement c'étaitvrai.

(in offers, invitations, requests) would you like ... →voulez-vous ..., veux-tu ...
Would you like a biscuit? →Voulez-vous unbiscuit?
Would you like to go and see a film? →Veux-tualler voir unfilm?

(expressing preference, desire) I'd like ... →j'aimerais ...
I'd like to go to America →J'aimeraisaller enAmérique.
Shall we go and see a film? - Yes, I'd like that →Si onallait voir unfilm? -Oui, j'aimerais bien.

(in indirect speech) I said I would ...
I said I would do it →J'aidit que je leferais.

(emphatic)
It WOULD have to snow today! →Naturellement il neige aujourd'hui!, Ilfallait qu'ilneige aujourd'hui!

(=be willing) →vouloir
He wouldn't say where he got the information →Il ne voulait pasdire où il avait eu cetteinformation.
She wouldn't do it →Elle n'a pas voulu lefaire., Elle arefusé de lefaire.
would you(in requests) →est-ce que vous voulez bien
Would you close the door please? →Est-ce que vous voulez bienfermer laporte s'il vousplaît?

(conjecture) it would have been midnight →il devait êtreminuit

(past) he would go there on Mondays →il yallait le lundiwould-be[ˈwʊdbiː]adj
a would-be actor →un(e)aspirant(e) acteur/trice
a would-be writer →unaspirant écrivain
a would-be thief →unéventuel voleur

would

pret of will¹

modal aux vb

(conditional)if you asked him hewould do it →wenn du ihnfragtest,würde eres tun;if you had asked him hewould have done it →wenn du ihngefragt hättest, hätte er esgetan;I thought youwould want to know →ichdachte, duwüsstest esgerneor duwürdest esgerne wissen;if I were you, Iwould … →wenn ich du wäre,würde ich …;whowould have thought it? →wer hätte dasgedacht?;youwould think … →man sollte meinen …;youwould never know he was fifty →die Fünfzigsieht man ihmwirklich nicht an

(in indirect speech)she said shewould come →siesagte, siewürde kommenor siekäme;I said Iwould, so I will →ich habegesagt, ichwürde es tun und ichwerde es auchtun

(emph)youwould be the one to get hit →typisch, dassausgerechnet dugetroffen worden bist;youwould be the one to forget →typisch, dass du dasvergessen hast, dassieht dirähnlich, dass du esvergessen hast;Iwouldn’t know →keineAhnung;youwould! →dassieht dirähnlich!;hewould have to come right now →ausgerechnet jetzt muss erkommen;youwould think of that/say that,wouldn’t you! →von dir kann man ja nichts andereserwarten;itwould have to rain →es muss auchausgerechnet regnen!

(insistence)I warned him, but hewould do it →ich habe ihngewarnt, aber er musste es jaunbedingtor um jedenPreis tun;hewouldn’t listen/behave →er wolltepartout nicht zuhören/sichpartout nicht benehmen;hewouldn’t be told →er wollte sich(dat) →einfach nichtssagen lassen

(conjecture)itwould seem so →essieht wohl so aus;itwould have been about 8 o’clock →es war (wohl) soungefähr 8Uhr;whatwould this be? →was ist das wohl?;youwouldn’t have a cigarette,would you? →Sie hättennicht zufällig eineZigarette?

(= wish) →möchten;whatwould you have me do? →was soll ichtun?;try as hewould →sosehr er es auchversuchte;the place where Iwould be(old, liter) →derOrt, an dem ich seinmöchte;would (that) it were not so!(old, liter) →wenn das doch nurnicht wahr wäre!;would to God hewould come →gebe Gott, dass erkommt;would to God he hadn’t come →ichwünsche zuGott, er wärenicht gekommen

(in questions)would he come? →würde er vielleichtkommen?;would he have come? →wäre ergekommen?;would you mind closing the window? →würden Sie bitte dasFenster schließen?;would you care for some tea? →hätten Siegerne etwasTee?

(habit)hewould paint it each year →erstrich es jedesJahr, erpflegte es jedesJahr zustreichen(geh);50 years ago the streetswould be empty on a Sunday →vor 50Jahren warensonntags dieStraßen immer leer

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would

(wud) –short formsI'd (aid)you'd (juːd),he'd (hiːd),she'd (ʃiːd),it'd (ˈitəd),we'd (wiːd),they'd (ðeid):negative short formwouldn't (ˈwudnt) – verb

1.past tense ofwill.He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning;I asked if he'd come and mend my television set;I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't;I thought you would have finished by now. سوفَ في الزَّمَن الماضي iria, viria, teria, etc. Imperfekt von `will` (para formar el pasado de ``will'') imperfekti verbistä will -rais, -rais, -rait, ... (jövő idő kifejezésére:) azt mondta, másnap 9-kor elutazik akan mundi (ausiliare per la formazione del condizionale presente) willの過去形 …했을 것이다 (izsaka nākotni pagātnē)zouville,skulle د will ماضي: دمستقبل او ماضي دجوړولو دپاره كومكي فعل دى چې ددغو توكو افاده كوي: دخوښۍ او ارادې، دنيت او دقصد: دټاكنې او تعيين، دغوښتنې او هيلې: دډول او وضعيت څرګندونه كوي iria, viria, teria,etc. voi, vei, va, vom, veţi, vor; aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, arбудет bom, boš, bo... skulle, ville จะ Not: 'will'in geçmiş zaman hali. 「will」的過去式（“will” 的过去式，用于转述）将，将会

2. used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met).If I asked her to the party, would she come?;I would have come to the party if you'd asked me;I'd be happy to help you. في جَواب الشَّرط عندما يَكون فِعْل الشَّرط في الماضي viria, teria vindo, etc. konditional: würde/n/st (para expresar algo que puede o podría ocurrir) -rais, -rais, -rait... (feltételes mód:) Ha elhívnám a vendégségbe, eljönne? mungkin mundi (ausiliare per la formazione del condizionale presente) ～するだろうに …할 것이다 (izsaka varbūtību, iespējamību) bakalzouville ګمان په خبرو كي.حدس viria, teria vindo,etc. aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, arбы bi skulle ใช้ในการพูดถึงสิ่งที่จะเกิดขึ้น หรืออาจเกิดขึ้น Not: olması muhtemel olan bir şeyden bahsedildiğinde kullanılır. (如條件符合)可能會發生（表示虚拟，假设等）也许将要，大概

3. used to express a preference, opinionetc politely.I would do it this way;It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity;I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today. تُسْتَعْمَل للتَّعْبير عن التَّفْضيل أو عن الرّأي المُهَذَّب faria, seria, preferiria, etc. höflicher Ausdruck einer Vorliebe,Meinung,etc. (para expresar de forma educada una opinión) برای بیان نظر شخصی -rais, -rais, -rait... (feltételes szándék:) inkább... lebih suka mundi (ausiliare per la formazione del condizionale presente) ～したい ...하고 싶다 (izsaka vēlēšanos, lūgumu) akanzouville دمستقبل او ماضي دجوړولو دپاره كومكي فعل دى چې ددغو توكو افاده كوي faria, seria, preferiria,etc. aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, arбы bi skulle ใช้เพื่อแสดงความเห็นอย่างสุภาพ Not: Kibarca istek/fikir beyan edilirken kullanılır. (委婉表示偏好、意見) 寧可，可能會（表示语气婉转的请求）愿

4. used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance.I've lost my car-keys – that would happen! sou, sal تُسْتَعْمَل للتَّوكيد للتَّعْبير عن الإنْزِعاج употреба за подчертаване tinha que (acontecer) to je nadělení Ausdruck des Ärgers det ertypisk! κι αυτό ήταν να συμβεί (para expresar disgusto o enfado) pidi ometi (nii minema)! برای بیان تاکید ça devait arriver מָתאִים ל- जोर दे कर कहने में उपयोग किया जाता है pret. od will ez elő szokott fordulni bisa gat nú skeð きまって～になる (강조) 놀라움을 표시 Vajadzēja ar tā notikt! (not translated) uitgerekend nu ...typisk!; selvsagt ! د ټينګار كولو لپاره tinha que (acontecer) trebuia (ca asta) să se întâmple ну надо же (было) to je robota to se je moralo zgoditi bi [att det] nödvändigt skulle [hända nu!] ใช้เน้นแสดงความรำคาญ Not: Kızgınlık ifade edilirken kullanılır. (加重語氣，表示惱怒)免不了會 виражає роздратованність زور دے کر کہنا sử dụng để nhấn mạnh （加重语气，表示烦恼）总会，总是，老是

ˈwould-be adjective

trying, hoping, or merely pretending, to be.a would-be poet. aspirant راغِب في أن يكون، مُدَّعٍ който твърди, че е pretenso rádoby Möchtegern-... vordende επίδοξοςaspirante,supuesto,frustrado,fracasado (kellekski) püüdlev به اصطلاح havitteleva qui se veut,soi-disant מִתייַמֵר भावी navodni leendő calon sem vill vera, telur sig verasedicente,preteso ～のつもりの 자칭의 bûsimas, tariamas, numatomas topošais; iespējamais bakal; kononnyawould-be vordende, aspirerende;såkaltrzekomy, niedoszły,domniemany په اصطلاحpretenso care se vrea, aşa-zis так называемый tiež- tako imenovani u pokušaju tilltänkt, blivande, så kallad ซึ่งอยากจะเป็นsözde,sözüm ona, ... geçinen 試圖(希望或假裝)成為，準… потенційний خواہشمند có thể trở thành将要成为

would you

used to introduce a polite request to someone to do something.(Please) would you close the door? sal تُسْتَعْمَل في الطَّلَب المُهَذَّب би ли não se importa de...? mohl byste würdest Du, würden Sie vil du være så venlig θα είχατε την καλοσύνη te importaría kas te võiksite برای بیان تعارف و دعوت voisitko voudriez-vous הַתַעֲשֶה זאת? किसी चीज के लिए आग्रह करने में उपयोग किया जाता है bi li ti, biste li vi? lennél szives (vmit megtenni) tolong vildirðu/viltu (vera svo vænn) (ausiliare per la formazione delle domande) ～して頂けますか (정중하게) ...하도록 부탁합니다 gal malonėtumėt vai jūs nevarētu... bolehalstublieft vær så snill å,vennligst czy mógłbyś/mogłabyś itd. د دعوتولو لپاره não se importa de...? ai/aţi vrea să... не могли бы вы mohol by si ali bi hoteli da li biste skulle du (ni) vilja ...? ขอร้องอย่างสุภาพ zahmet olmazsa ...-mısınız?, lütfen ...-misiniz? (客氣地請求)能麻煩您…嗎？ виражає ввічливе прохання مہربانی کر کے کیا dùng trong yêu cầu một cách lịch sự （客气地表示请求）您能….？