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wouldst

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stressed/wʊdst/unstressed/wədst/

wouldst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of will.

Meaning of will

Verb

will (third-person singular simple present will, present participle willing, simple past would, no past participle)

  1. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
    • Do not forget, will you?
  2. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
    • Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
  3. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
    • He will be home by now. He always gets home before 6 o'clock.
  4. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To habitually do (a given action).
    • Boys will be boys.
  5. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
    • Will you marry me?
  6. (literary, no-past-participle, transitive, uncommon) To wish, desire (something).
    • Do what you will.

See all 22 meanings of will

Forms of wouldst

alternative formwouldest
alternative form (obsolete)wou'dst
alternative form (obsolete)would'st

Questions about wouldst

What is wouldst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Wouldst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of will.
How do you pronounce wouldst?
Wouldst is pronounced /wʊdst/ (stressed).

Words near wouldst in the dictionary

  1. wouldn'ta
  2. wouldna
  3. wouldnae
  4. wouldnt
  5. woulds
  6. wouldst
  7. wouldve
  8. wouldya
  9. wouled
  10. Woulfe bottle
  11. Woulfe bottles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wouldst (page history and authors); will (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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