verb Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive. Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
verb Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
verb Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
verb Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
verb Wanted to.
verb Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
verb Wished, desired (something).
verb A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.