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Verb: should  shûd
  1. Expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something
    "You should call your mother-in-law"
    - ought, had better
     
  2. Expresses a condition
    "if I should die, look after my children"
     
  3. Expresses that something is likely
    "they should be finished by now"
    - ought

Derived forms: shoulds

Encyclopedia: Should