"'d" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /d/, /d/ [US], [d] [US], [d̚] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-'d.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-'d.wav [US]
Etymology: Contraction of would or had. Etymology templates: {{contraction|en|would or had}} Contraction of would or had Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|clitic|cat2=clitics}} 'd (clitic)
  1. Contraction of had (marking the pluperfect tense). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Alternative form of: had (extra: marking the pluperfect tense)
    Sense id: en-'d-en-verb-alfAS3p1 Categories (other): English clitics, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English clitics: 42 19 20 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 13 12 12 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 15 14 15 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 48 18 17 17
  2. (some dialects) Contraction of had, possessed. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction, dialectal Alternative form of: had (extra: possessed)
    Sense id: en-'d-en-verb-Iv9VNNwb
  3. Contraction of would, contraction of should. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Alternative form of: would, contraction of should
    Sense id: en-'d-en-verb-tlCK7FDQ
  4. (colloquial) Contraction of did. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: did
    Sense id: en-'d-en-verb-7Jr6zcNZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ’ll, ’m, ’re, ’s [third-person], ’ve

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