Would
modal verb
Used to show past tense or express future intent from past perspective.
I knew that she would be upset.
Often appears as...
- would be
- would have
modal verb
Used to express polite offers or wishes.
Would you like some coffee?
Often appears as...
- would you like
- would you mind
modal verb
Used to suggest imagined or hypothetical situations.
It would be great if we could all go.
Often appears as...
- would be
- if i would
modal verb
Used to express persistent action in the past.
He would always invite us for dinner on Sundays.
Often appears as...
- would always
- said he would
modal verb
Used to express certainty or predictability of an event.
She said that she would arrive at noon.
Often appears as...
- she would
- they would
modal verb
Used to show past tense or express future intent from past perspective.
I knew that she would be upset.
Often appears as...
- would be
- would have
modal verb
Used to express polite offers or wishes.
Would you like some coffee?
Often appears as...
- would you like
- would you mind
modal verb
Used to suggest imagined or hypothetical situations.
It would be great if we could all go.
Often appears as...
- would be
- if i would
modal verb
Used to express persistent action in the past.
He would always invite us for dinner on Sundays.
Often appears as...
- would always
- said he would
modal verb
Used to express certainty or predictability of an event.
She said that she would arrive at noon.
Often appears as...
- she would
- they would
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Regret
Used to say what someone wished had happened or what might have happened.
I wish I would have studied harder for the test.
Pro Tip 2/2Past Possibilities
To imagine different past outcomes based on different actions or events.
If you had asked me, I would have helped.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Regret
Used to say what someone wished had happened or what might have happened.
I wish I would have studied harder for the test.
Pro Tip 2/2Past Possibilities
To imagine different past outcomes based on different actions or events.
If you had asked me, I would have helped.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Regret
Used to say what someone wished had happened or what might have happened.
I wish I would have studied harder for the test.
Pro Tip 2/2Past Possibilities
To imagine different past outcomes based on different actions or events.
If you had asked me, I would have helped.
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Questions No One Knows...
if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams, and in another, not so much.
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The benefits of a...
The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now, but it would have surprised earlier experts.
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The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
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Daughter Wolf Sneaks...
The youngsters could have their own pups, but for the alpha couple, that would mean more mouths to feed and less for their litter. So, the alpha couple will actively discourage last year's offspring from mating. But one of their daughters has other ideas.
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
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The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things
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Why don't perpetual...
He reasoned that as the wheels spun, the mercury would flow to the bottom of each reservoir, leaving one side of the wheel perpetually heavier than the other. The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever.
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Rethinking infidelity...
they probably would never need to see me. So how do we heal from an affair? Desire runs deep. Betrayal runs deep. But it can be healed.
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Baby Chick Jumps Off...
Three out of five chicks have made it. Without such a dramatic start in life, it's unlikely any of them would have even got this far.
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The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
water without it there would be no life on earth
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Questions No One Knows...
if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams, and in another, not so much.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now, but it would have surprised earlier experts.
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
Video examples
Daughter Wolf Sneaks...
The youngsters could have their own pups, but for the alpha couple, that would mean more mouths to feed and less for their litter. So, the alpha couple will actively discourage last year's offspring from mating. But one of their daughters has other ideas.
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
He reasoned that as the wheels spun, the mercury would flow to the bottom of each reservoir, leaving one side of the wheel perpetually heavier than the other. The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
they probably would never need to see me. So how do we heal from an affair? Desire runs deep. Betrayal runs deep. But it can be healed.
Video examples
Baby Chick Jumps Off...
Three out of five chicks have made it. Without such a dramatic start in life, it's unlikely any of them would have even got this far.
Video examples
The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
water without it there would be no life on earth
Example 1 of 10
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
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Fran Lebowitz
American Journalist
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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Harry S Truman
American President
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Without music, life would be a mistake.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
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Fran Lebowitz
American Journalist
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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Harry S Truman
American President
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Without music, life would be a mistake.
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