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Definitions for Must

[1] to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement: I must keep my word.
[2] to be under the necessity to; need to: Animals must eat to live.
[3] to be required or compelled to, as by the use or threat of force: You must obey the law.
[4] to be compelled to in order to fulfill some need or achieve an aim: We must hurry if we're to arrive on time.
[5] to be forced to, as by convention or the requirements of honesty: I must say, that is a lovely hat.
[6] to be or feel urged to; ought to: I must buy that book.
[7] to be reasonably expected to; is bound to: It must have stopped raining by now. She must be at least 60.
[8] to be inevitably certain to; be compelled by nature: Everyone must die.
[9] to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
[10] Archaic . (sometimes used with ellipsis of go, get, or some similar verb readily understood from the context): We must away.
[11] necessary; vital: A raincoat is must clothing in this area.
[12] something necessary, vital, or required: This law is a must.
[13] new wine; the unfermented juice as pressed from the grape or other fruit.
[14] mold; moldiness; mustiness: a castle harboring the must of centuries.
[15] musth.
[16] musk, especially a powder made from musk.
[17] to powder (the hair).
[18] a state or condition of violent, destructive frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the exudation of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.
[19] used as an auxiliary to express obligation or compulsion: you must pay your dues . In this sense, must does not form a negative. If used with a negative infinitive it indicates obligatory prohibition
[20] used as an auxiliary to indicate necessity I must go to the bank tomorrow
[21] used as an auxiliary to indicate the probable correctness of a statement he must be there by now
[22] used as an auxiliary to indicate inevitability all good things must come to an end
[23] (used as an auxiliary to express resolution) on the part of the speaker when used with I or we I must finish this on the part of another or others as imputed to them by the speaker, when used with you, he, she, they, etc let him get drunk if he must
[24] (used emphatically ) used as an auxiliary to express conviction or certainty on the part of the speaker he must have reached the town by now, surely ; you must be joking
[25] (foll by away) used with an implied verb of motion to express compelling haste I must away
[26] an essential or necessary thing strong shoes are a must for hill walking
[27] mustiness or mould
[28] the newly pressed juice of grapes or other fruit ready for fermentation
[29] a variant spelling of musth
[30] (often preceded by in) a state of frenzied sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals, esp elephants, associated with discharge from a gland between the ear and eye

Words related to Must

precondition, requisite, prerequisite, duty, requirement, right, necessary, commitment, charge, imperative, fundamental, need, obligation, condition, devoir, committal, have, ought

Words nearby Must

mussolini, mussolini, benito, mussorgsky, mussulman, mussy, must, must-, must-have, must-read, must-see, mustache

Origin of Must

h1870–75; < Urdu mast < Persian: literally, drunk

Word origin for Must

hC19: from Urdu mast, from Persian: drunk

Synonyms for Must

precondition, prerequisite, requisite, charge, commitment, committal, condition, devoir, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, requirement, right, ought, sine qua non