must

modal verb (PROBABLY)

/mʌst, məst/ (must)

Definition

› used to show that something is likely, probable, or certain to be true: Death must be better than this. "It must have been fun." "No, it wasn’t."

(Definition of must modal verb (PROBABLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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