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shall
modal verb (CERTAINLY WILL) strong /ʃæl/ weak /ʃəl/Definition
› used to say that something certainly will or must happen, or that you are determined that something will happen: Don't worry, I shall be there to meet the train.formal The school rules state that no child shall be allowed out of the school during the day, unless accompanied by an adult. You shall go to the ball, Cinderella.CertaintyConfidence and self-assurance
(Definition of shall modal verb (CERTAINLY WILL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured adjective (CERTAIN)
- assuredly adverb (CERTAINLY)
- conclusive adjective
- conclusively adverb
- concrete adjective
- consider it done idiom
- cut and dried adjective
- inviolable adjective
- ironclad adjective
- irrefutable adjective
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- natch adverb
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- squarely adverb (DIRECTLY)
- unreserved adjective
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