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shall
[ shal; unstressed shuhl ]
auxiliary verb
- plan to, intend to, or expect to:
I shall go later.
- will have to, is determined to, or definitely will:
You shall do it. He shall do it.
- (in laws, directives, etc.) must; is or are obliged to:
The meetings of the council shall be public.
- (used interrogatively in questions, often in invitations):
Shall we go?
shall
/ ʃəl; ʃæl /
verb
- esp withI or we as subject used as an auxiliary to make the future tense Compare will 1
we shall see you tomorrow
- withyou, he, she, it, they, or a noun as subject
- used as an auxiliary to indicate determination on the part of the speaker, as in issuing a threat
you shall pay for this!
- used as an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents
the Tenant shall return the keys to the Landlord
- used as an auxiliary to indicate certainty or inevitability
our day shall come
- with any noun or pronoun as subject, esp in conditional clauses or clauses expressing doubt used as an auxiliary to indicate nonspecific futurity
he doubts whether he shall be in tomorrow
I don't think I shall ever see her again
Usage
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of shall1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shall1
Example Sentences
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Or will they take the money and say 'it's a young team, shall we go with it and see how we get on?'
We shall see when the first round unfolds Thursday night in Green Bay, Wis. But for now, here’s how reporters from around the country see the first round unfolding:
But maybe the Bible says it most succinctly: “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
But in a time of peril, Paine continued, “instead of gazing at each other with suspicious or doubtful curiosity, let each of us hold out to his neighbor the hearty hand of friendship, and unite in drawing a line, which… shall bury in forgetfulness every former dissention.”
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