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Definitions for Shall

[1] plan to, intend to, or expect to: I shall go later.
[2] will have to, is determined to, or definitely will: You shall do it. He shall do it.
[3] (in laws, directives, etc.) must; is or are obliged to: The meetings of the council shall be public.
[4] (used interrogatively in questions, often in invitations): Shall we go?
[5] (esp with I or we as subject ) used as an auxiliary to make the future tense we shall see you tomorrow Compare will 1 (def. 1)
[6] (with you, he, she, it, they, or a noun as subject ) used as an auxiliary to indicate determination on the part of the speaker, as in issuing a threat you shall pay for this! used as an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents the Tenant shall return the keys to the Landlord used as an auxiliary to indicate certainty or inevitability our day shall come
[7] (with any noun or pronoun as subject, esp in conditional clauses or clauses expressing doubt) used as an auxiliary to indicate nonspecific futurity I don't think I shall ever see her again ; he doubts whether he shall be in tomorrow

Words related to Shall

intend, must, will

Words nearby Shall

shaky, shakyamuni, shalach manoth, shale, shale oil, shall, shall i compare thee to a summer's day?, shalloon, shallop, shallot, shallow

Origin of Shall

before 900; Middle English shal, Old English sceal; cognate with Old Saxon skal, Old High German scal, Old Norse skal; compare German soll, Dutch zal

Words that may be confused with Shall

can, may, shall, will, (see, usage, note, at, can1), (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Shall

Old English sceal; related to Old Norse skal, Old High German scal, Dutch zal

Synonyms for Shall

be about to, be obliged, intend, must, want to, will