would
suomi-englanti sanakirjawould englanniksi
(n-g); usually followed by a bare infinitive.
(n-g) (defdate)
(ux)
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{{RQ:Belloc Lowndes Lodger|I|0056
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Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; (n-g). (defdate)
''When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.''
(RQ:Churchill Celebrity)
{{quote-journal|en|date=15 March 2009|title=Soundtrack of my life|journal=The Guardian
Was or were determined to; (n-g). (defdate)
(RQ:Dickens Sketches by Boz).
Could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.). (defdate)
{{quote-journal|en|date=10 May 2009|title=Is the era of free news over?|journal=The Observer
Wanted to. (defdate)
{{quote-book|en|year=1490|author=William Caxton|title=Prologue to ''Eneydos''
1852, James Murdock, trans. Johann Lorenz Mosheim, ''Institutes of Ecclesiastical History'', II.7.iii:
- The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories(nb..).
(n-g). (defdate)
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(quote-text)|page=107|publisher=Penguin
(RQ:Haggard She)
(n-g)
(n-g). (defdate)
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{{quote-journal|en|date=26 February 2010|journal=The Guardian
{{quote-journal|en|date=3 November 2008|author=Mark Cocker|title=Country Diary|journal=The Guardian
{{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Nick Snow|title=The Rocket's Trail|page=112
{{quote-journal|en|date=2 February 2010|author=Terry Pratchett|title=My case for a euthanasia tribunal|journal=The Guardian
''It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I would write and complain.''
(n-g); are (you) willing to …? (defdate)
Might wish (+ verb in past subjunctive); (n-g)) in the sense of "only". (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5)
(RQ:Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress)
(RQ:Scott Ivanhoe)
1912, (w), ''(w)'', translated by (w) ((w)), 8.16:
- But as the youth increased their annoyance by declaring that the goddess was quite right, because the Emperor was Archon Eponym of the city of Athens, he said: "Would that he also presided the Panathenaic festival."
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear)
Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
(quote-book)
(ellipsis of): (non-gloss definition)