"had better" meaning in Anglais

See had better in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \həd ˈbɛt.ə\, \həd ˈbɛt.ɚ\, \həd ˈbɛt.ɚ\, \həd ˈbɛt.ə\ Audio: En-au-had better.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-had better.wav
  1. Devrais, devrait, devrions, devriez, devraient (selon la personne et le nombre). Plus impératif et plus pressant que should.
    Sense id: fr-had_better-en-verb-ekgugxDN Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Verbes auxiliaires en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: had best Related terms: ’d better, better

Download JSONL data for had better meaning in Anglais (2.2kB)

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