modal verb 1. it is necessary that ○ You must go to bed before eleven, or your mother will be angry. ○ We mustn’t be late or we’ll miss the last bus. ○ You must hurry up if you want to see the TV programme. ○ Must you really go so soon? (NOTE: the negative: mustn’t, needn’t. Note also the meaningəː mustn’t = not allowed; needn’t = not necessary: we mustn’t be late; you needn’t hurry.) 2. it is very likely that ○ I must have left my briefcase on the train. ○ There is someone knocking at the door – it must be the postman. ○ You must be wet through after walking in the rain. (NOTE: The negative is can’t; It can’t be the doctor. The past tense is had to; I must go to the dentist, Yesterday I had to go to the dentist; negative: didn’t have to. The perfect tense is must have; I must have left it on the train; negative: can’t have; I can’t have left it on the train. Note also that must is only used with other verbs and is not followed by to.)
must
(must), v. i. or auxiliary. [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. moste, pret. mot, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. motan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. müssen to be obliged, Sw. måste must, Goth. gamotan to have place, have room, to able; of unknown origin.]
1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; - - expressing either physical or moral necessity; as a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. “Likewise must the deacons be grave.” 1 Tim. iii. 8. “Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without.” 1 Tim. iii. 7. The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as I must away. ´I must to Coventry.´ Shak.
1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; - - expressing either physical or moral necessity; as a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. “Likewise must the deacons be grave.” 1 Tim. iii. 8. “Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without.” 1 Tim. iii. 7. The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as I must away. ´I must to Coventry.´ Shak.
must
n. [AS. must, fr. L. mustum (sc. vinum), from mustus young, new, fresh. Cf. Mustard.]
1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. ´These men ben full of must.´ Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). “No fermenting must fills … the deep vats.” Longfellow.
2. [Cf. Musty.] Mustiness.
1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. ´These men ben full of must.´ Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). “No fermenting must fills … the deep vats.” Longfellow.
2. [Cf. Musty.] Mustiness.
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