should

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/ʃəd/

verb 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

accepted, astute, better, easy, good, invited, willing

The accepted practice is that you should always lock the door at night.

VERB + SHOULD

houses, wonder

I wonder if we should sell our houses before interest rates go up any further.

SHOULD + NOUN

attention, everything, stones

The teacher said we should pay attention during the important safety demonstration.

PREP.

in, in, on, on, than, with

You should focus on finishing your homework before you watch television.

ADV.

only, such

You should only eat dessert after you've finished your vegetables.

Definitions

verb

To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.

To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.

I'd prefer that she stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding her.

[…] for her to be kind to herself and less susceptible to others shoulding her.

noun

Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.

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.

However, we can address maladaptive shoulds by examining the differences between prior events, causes, proximate causes, and moral responsibility.

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Idioms & Phrases

zig when one should zag

To misstep or err.

As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of bir

proverbs should be sold in pairs

Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.

proverbs should be writ in pairs

Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.

proverbs should come in pairs

Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.

proverbs should go in pairs

Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.

Example Bank

I'd prefer that she stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding her.

Wiktionary

[…] for her to be kind to herself and less susceptible to others shoulding her.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

However, we can address maladaptive shoulds by examining the differences between prior events, causes, proximate causes, and moral responsibility.

Wiktionary

Being a list-o-maniac, I suggested we make a list of the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts." So in the darkness of hazy sleep, I began to mentally prepare mine. The first item on the "should" side was easy: a

Wiktionary

You should sleep.

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