Sekirov Dictionary

must

/mʌst/

verb 5
noun 4
forms 5

verb5

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used before a verb to say that it is necessary for someone to do something
- You must arrive in class on time.
- This door handle must be rotated fully.
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To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
- If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
- Where would you have put the keyring? You couldn’t have lost it again! - I must have, because it's nowhere to be found.
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Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.
- The children must be asleep by now.
- There's the doorbell. It must be Dad.
To make musty.
To become musty.

noun4

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Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
- If you're trekking all day, a map is a must.
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Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.
- No sweet grape lies hidden here in the shade of its vine-leaves, No fermenting must fills and o'erflows the deep vats. — 1874
The property of being stale or musty.
Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.

forms

musted · mustest · musting · musts · motest

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