How to pronounce“would”in English
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Definitions of “would”
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
“On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.”
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
“When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.”
Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
“When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.”
Ellipsis of I would, used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.