should

Meanings

Verb

• Ought to;
• Ought to;
• Past of shall.
• To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• ought

Opposite words

• shouldn't

Origin

• From Middle English scholde, from Old English scolde, first and third person preterite form of sculan, the ancestor of English shall. Related to shild and shildy.