should

  1. Verb.  (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, Used to form the future tense of the [[subjunctive mood) .
  2. Verb.  (auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to; (non-gloss definition, indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate.) .
  3. Verb.  (auxiliary) Will likely (become or do something); (non-gloss definition, indicates that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.) .
  4. Verb.  (context, modern) A variant of would.
  5. Noun.  A statement of what should be the case as opposed to what is the case.

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