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shall

/shal; unstressed shuhl/US // ʃæl; unstressed ʃəl //UK // (ʃæl, unstressed ʃəl) //

应,将,应当,须

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Definitions

  1. 1

    present singular 1st person shall,2nd shall or shalt,3rd shall,present plural shall;past singular 1st person should,2nd should or shouldst or should·est,3rd should,past plural should;imperative, infinitive, and participles lacking.

    • : plan to, intend to, or expect to: I shall go later.
    • : will have to, is determined to, or definitely will: You shall do it. He shall do it.
    • : must; is or are obliged to: The meetings of the council shall be public.
    • : : Shall we go?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

  • Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

  • But time and history will render an unambiguous verdict on this matter, as Rubio shall soon see.

  • But alas, a snub is yet another of the many indignities Valerie Cherish shall endure.

  • It demands only that judges “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.”

  • A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.

  • He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.

  • It seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.

  • Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

  • We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.