would

[wood, wuhd] / wʊd, wəd /

VERB

cause

Synonyms

STRONG

authorize bid command decree demand determine direct effect enjoin exert insist intend ordain order request resolve

WEAK

bring about decide on

Antonyms

STRONG

disallow forget neglect overlook reply waver

WEAK

keep pass receive

VERB

choose

Synonyms

STRONG

crave desire elect incline like opt please prefer want wish

WEAK

be inclined have a mind to see fit

Antonyms

STRONG

despise dislike hate ignore not want spurn

WEAK

keep neglect pass receive

VERB

give, bequeath to another

Synonyms

STRONG

bequest confer devise disinherit leave legate probate transfer

WEAK

cut off disherit pass on

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep

WEAK

neglect pass receive

Example Sentences

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Barger continued to call for more federal support to help finance the recovery, something that Carmona said would help homeowners who remain stalled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Under the party's proposals, individual councils would be given the power to cap excessive rents for their local market and renters would be given a new right to demand energy efficiency improvements.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

If they don’t owe the IRS, the money would come back in a refund, O’Saben noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“It would pull the company in the opposite direction to where we want and need to go, which is towards simpler, standardized and comparable reporting,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

If it weren’t for the fact that the water was near boiling, he would have thrown it across the small kitchen.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith