must
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verb- 1.
(auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.
You must arrive in class on time.
This door handle must be rotated fully.
Everybody told me I must stop worrying, but I couldn't, because I felt there must be something wrong.
You really must come and see us soon, pal. - We'll see: I can borrow my dad's car, but I must bring it back before midnight.
The physician said that I must / had to / would have to stop smoking.
- 2.
(auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
Where would you have put the keyring? You couldn’t have lost it again! - I must have, because it's nowhere to be found.
I said it must be pretty late and I really must go.
She's being taken to the police car now , so they must be going to arrest her.
- 3.
(auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.
The children must be asleep by now.
There's the doorbell. It must be Dad.
- 4.
(auxiliary, defective, modal, transitive)To make musty.
- 5.
(auxiliary, defective, intransitive, modal)To become musty.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(auxiliary, defective, modal)Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
If you're trekking all day, a map is a must.
Đồng nghĩa: imperative, necessity
- 2.
(auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable)The property of being stale or musty.
- 3.
(auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable)Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
- 4.
(auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable)Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.
- 5.
(alt of, alternative, auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable)Alternative spelling of musth.
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ine-pro From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (to have to)), from Old English mōste (had to), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with moest had to, musste had to, måste. More at mote.