should hope in English

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    {
      "form": "should hope",
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        "third-person"
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    }
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        "To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]."
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        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
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        "(emphatic, colloquial) To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]."
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        "no-past",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "should hope"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "should hope",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "emphatic",
        "no-past",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  ],
  "word": "should hope"
}

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"should hope" meaning in English

Verb