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would
verb(would)
wished, desired
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verb(would)
wish for : want
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verb(would)
strongly desire : wish —often used without a subject and with that in a past or conditional construction
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verb(would)
—used to express futurity
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verb(would)
—used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal
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verb(would)
—used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction
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verb(would)
to cause or change by an act of will; also : to try to do so
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verb(would)
intend, purpose
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verb(would)
decree, ordain
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adjective(would)
desiring, intending, professing, or having the potential to be
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idiom(would)
—used to make a polite request —sometimes used sarcastically
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idiom(would)
want/expect someone to believe (something)
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idiom(would)
—used to tell someone that he or she should do something
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idiom(would)
—used to indicate what someone wants or prefers to do, have, etc.
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idiom(would)
to want very much
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idiom(would)
—used in negative or in question to say that someone should do something

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