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shall
modal verb (FUTURE) strong /ʃæl/ weak /ʃəl/ old-fashionedDefinition
B1 used instead of 'will' when the subject is 'I' or 'we': If you do that one more time, I shall be very cross. I shall never forget you. Shall we be able to get this finished today, do you think? I'm afraid I shall not/shan't be able to come to your party.formal I shall look forward to meeting you next week. So we'll see you at the weekend, shall we (= is that right)? We shall (= intend to) let you know as soon as there's any news.
(Definition of shall modal verb (FUTURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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