Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, emphatic, no past, no present participle, participle, past)To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

    "He'll be here soon." "I should hope so!"

Examples

6 sentences

  1. I guess that's more than I should hope for.

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  2. We should never lose hope.

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  3. I should hope so.

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  4. We should not lose hope.

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  5. You should get your hopes higher than this if you want to have good results.

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Forms

should hope, shoulding hope, shoulded hope, shoulded hope
Base formshould hope · to should hope
3rd person singularshould hope
Present participleshoulding hope
Past simpleshoulded hope
Past participleshoulded hope

irregular

Present simpleLesson

all personsshould hope

Past simpleLesson

all personsshoulded hope

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shoulded hope
he, she, ithas shoulded hope

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill should hope

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shotgunshouldA1shoulderA1shoutA2
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