Turkish - English
Definition of meliydi in Turkish English dictionary
- should
- A statement of what should be the case as opposed to what is the case
- A variant of would
If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us, said the Lion, I should be quite happy..
- Used to form the future tense of the subjunctive mood, usually in the first person
It was a long weary time, for the Boy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long. But he snuggled down patiently, and looked forward to the time when the Boy should be well again, and they would go out in the garden amongst the flowers and the butterflies and play splendid games in the raspberry thicket like they used to.
- If; in case of
- You use should to give someone an order to do something, or to report an official order. All visitors should register with the British Embassy The European Commission ruled that British Aerospace should pay back tens of millions of pounds
- emphasis You use should in expressions such as You should have seen us and You should have heard him to emphasize how funny, shocking, or impressive something that you experienced was. You should have heard him last night!
- {f} must (indicating duty or obligation); would (softening the statement); would be (expressing the conditional nature of the connected statement)
- If a document or user agent conflicts with this statement, undesirable results may occur in practice even though the document or user agent conforms to this specification
- Indicates an advisory recommendation that is to be applied when practicable
- You use should when you are saying that something is probably the case or will probably happen in the way you are describing. If you say that something should have happened by a particular time, you mean that it will probably have happened by that time. You should have no problem with reading this language The doctor said it will take six weeks and I should be fine by then
- You use should in conditional clauses when you are talking about things that might happen. If you should be fired, your health and pension benefits will not be automatically cut off Should you buy a home from Lovell, the company promises to buy it back at the same price after three years
- You use should in `that' clauses after certain verbs, nouns, and adjectives when you are talking about a future event or situation. He raised his glass and indicated that I should do the same My father was very keen that I should fulfill my potential
- Describes something which is generally accepted as good practice and is recommended
- vagueness You use should in expressions such as I should think and I should imagine to indicate that you think something is true but you are not sure. I should think it's going to rain soon
- The subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate
- With respect to implementations, the word "should" is to be interpreted as an implementation recommendation, but not a requirement With respect to documents, the word "should" is to be interpreted as recommended programming practice for documents and a requirement for Strictly Conforming XHTML Documents
- be included
- From rfc2119: 'This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course '
- Indicates a recommendation
- If you say that something should have happened, you mean that it did not happen, but that you wish it had. If you say that something should not have happened, you mean that it did happen, but that you wish it had not. I should have gone this morning but I was feeling a bit ill You should have written to the area manager again I shouldn't have said what I did