WOULD

Would?

"Would?" is a song by Alice in Chains. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 movie Singles, in which the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance and later appeared on the band's album Dirt, also released in 1992. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, Music Bank, Greatest Hits, and The Essential Alice in Chains .

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would

Verb

  1. As a past-tense form of .
    1. Wished, desired (something).
    2. Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
      1. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
        1. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
        2. Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
          1. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
        3. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.
    3. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
      1. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
      2. Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used (with or without ) in the sense of "if only".
        1. Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
        2. Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to...?
Would you pass the salt, please?
  1. Might desire; wish (something).


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