Definizione monolingua

would

would

1. As a past-tense form of will.
   1. (obsolete) Wished, desired (something). [9th-19th c.]
   2. (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive). [from 9th c.]
      • 1852, James Murdock, trans. Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, II.7.iii:

        The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories [...].

   3. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly. [from 9th c.]
      • 2009, ""Soundtrack of my life"", The Guardian, 15 Mar 09:

        When we were kids we would sit by the radio with a tape recorder on a Sunday, listening out for the chart songs we wanted to have.

   4. Used with bare infinitive to form the ""anterior future"", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. [from 9th c.]
      • 1867, Anthony Trollope, Last Chronicle of Barset, ch. 28:

        That her Lily should have been won and not worn, had been, and would be, a trouble to her for ever.

      • 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, BBC Sport:

        Toure would have the decisive say though, rising high to power a header past Kenny from Aleksandar Kolarovs cross.

   5. (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses. [from 9th c.]
      • 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana, Penguin p. 107:

        He sat as one astonishd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneeld on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kissd his Hand [...].

      • 1846, ""A New Sentimental Journey"", Blackwoods Magazine, vol. LX, no. 372:

        If I could fly, I would away to those realms of light and warmth – far, far away in the southern clime [...].

   6. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someones character etc.). [from 18th c.]
      • 1835, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, V:

        Then he took to breeding silk-worms, which he would bring in two or three times a day, in little paper boxes, to show the old lady [...].

      • 2009, ""Is the era of free news over?"", The Observer, 10 May 09:

        The free access model, the media magnate said last week, was ""malfunctioning"". Well he would, wouldnt he?

Definizione dizionario would

	volere
	used to express a polite request

Use the conditional tense

Use the imperfect tense

decoro

volei

volli

Altri significati:

indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state

indicating in action or state that is conditional on another

indicating an action in the past that was planned or intended

As a modal verb.

As a past-tense form of will.