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would
modal verb (FUTURE) strong /wʊd/ weak /wəd/ /əd/Definition
B1 (also 'd) used to refer to future time from the point of view of the past: He said he would see his brother tomorrow. They knew there would be trouble unless the report was finished by the next day. We realized it wouldn't be easy to find another secretary. would have › used to refer back to a time in the past from a point of view in the future: We thought they would have got home by five o'clock, but there was no reply when we phoned.
(Definition of would modal verb (FUTURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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