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should hope

should hope verb: to believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

Verb

should hope (third-person singular simple present should hope, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

  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!"

Forms of should hope

third-person singular presentshould hope

Questions about should hope

What does should hope mean?
Should hope means to believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
What part of speech is should hope?
Should hope is a verb.

Words near should hope in the dictionary

  1. shough
  2. shoughs
  3. shoujo
  4. shoujo ai
  5. should
  6. should hope
  7. should of
  8. should on
  9. should see the other guy
  10. should'st
  11. should've

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