See must on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "must",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "–",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mustn't",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
}
],
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"1": "must",
"2": "",
"3": "mustn't"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "verb4"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She must get her medicine soon or she will die."
}
],
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"Must is usually used to tell someone they have no choice about doing something because it is important or because of a rule or law."
],
"id": "simple-must-en-verb-YPKFt2RX",
"raw_tags": [
"modal"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I must have left my phone at the restaurant."
},
{
"text": "She must not have the note if you've got it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you say something must be true, you say you have come to believe that it is true."
],
"id": "simple-must-en-verb-vuYueMsq",
"raw_tags": [
"modal"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/mʌst/",
"tags": [
"stressed"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/mVst/",
"tags": [
"stressed"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məs(t)/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/m@s(t)/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-must.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary",
"modal"
],
"word": "must"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "must",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "–",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mustn't",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "must",
"2": "",
"3": "mustn't"
},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Modal auxiliary verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She must get her medicine soon or she will die."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Must is usually used to tell someone they have no choice about doing something because it is important or because of a rule or law."
],
"raw_tags": [
"modal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Modal auxiliary verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I must have left my phone at the restaurant."
},
{
"text": "She must not have the note if you've got it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you say something must be true, you say you have come to believe that it is true."
],
"raw_tags": [
"modal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mʌst/",
"tags": [
"stressed"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/mVst/",
"tags": [
"stressed"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məs(t)/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/m@s(t)/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-must.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary",
"modal"
],
"word": "must"
}
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