Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Expresses an action that is possible or imagined, often as part of a conditional phrase or when referring to future time from a past perspective.
Would
/wʊd/Synonyms:
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Examples:
"And pray what would you do?" she asked.
Few men would; but he of all others?
Tony would want to give it a big press release.
Etymology:
from the Old English wolde, past of wyllan (to will), akin to the German wollte, from Proto-Germanic *walda-, based on the Indo-European root meaning to wish, desire.
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