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21would've — (would have) v. used to express the possibility that one may have done something but were prevented by circumstances …
22would — would·ing; would; …
23would — see should and would …
24would've — [wood′əv] contraction would have …
25would|n't — «WUD uhnt», would not …
26would-be — index specious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
27would-be — [adj] aspiring ambitious, budding, eager, enterprising, hopeful, keen, potential, promising, prospective, striving, wannabe*, wishful; concept 403 …
28would-be — ► ADJECTIVE often derogatory ▪ desiring or aspiring to be a specified type of person …
29would — [[t]wəd STRONG wʊd[/t]] ♦ (Would is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. In spoken English, would is often abbreviated to d.) 1) MODAL You use would when you are saying what someone believed, hoped, or expected to happen or be… …
30would */*/*/ — UK [wʊd] / US modal verb Summary: Would is usually followed by an infinitive without to : A picnic would be nice. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: They didn t do as much as they said they would. In conversation and informal… …