Definition of Should

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Should

of Shall

Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.

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Should Quotations

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Buddha

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
Albert Einstein

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
Albert Einstein

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
Albert Einstein

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Albert Einstein

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Albert Einstein

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
Albert Einstein

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
Albert Einstein

Should Translations

should in Afrikaans is moet
should in Dutch is behoren, moeten, dienen, horen
should in French is devoir
should in German is sollten, sollte, sollte
should in Portuguese is se
should in Swedish is skulle, borde

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