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  1. shouldverb

    Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to;

    Synonyms:
    ought

    Antonyms:
    shouldnt

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. should

    One ought to do that which he is under moral obligation or in duty bound to do. Ought is the stronger word, holding most closely to the sense of moral obligation, or sometimes of imperative logical necessity; should may have the sense of moral obligation or may apply merely to propriety or expediency, as in the proverb, "The liar should have a good memory," i. e., he will need it. Ought is sometimes used of abstractions or inanimate things as indicating what the mind deems to be imperative or logically necessary in view of all the conditions; as, these goods ought to go into that space; these arguments ought to convince him; should in such connections would be correct, but less emphatic. Compare DUTY.

    Synonyms:
    ought

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  1. List of paraphrases for "should":

    ought, expected, oughta, gotta, needs

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#134should
#632needs
#1516expected
#7624ought
#8117gotta
#72318oughta

How to use should in a sentence?

  1. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi:

    I'd rather have it be a shorter term (continuing resolution), why should we put it off?

  2. Janet Gonzalez:

    Maria's anniversary is approaching, and the'S. O.S' picture, along with many more pictures of destroyed areas, will resurface, but Punta Santiago residents should focus on how far Punta Santiago residents have come and not on how ugly it was.

  3. Prosecutor Rick Hubbard:

    A child should feel safe in his fathers arms.

  4. Basil Eleiwa:

    People want to believe that they should live their lives, people seem to like this place.

  5. Michael Parson:

    They should have every right under the law to have their license renewed, but they should not receive any exemptions simply because they're one clinic.


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