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Must
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- 1 highly recommended wordnet
- 1 Something that is mandatory, required or recommended. auxiliary, defective, modal
"If you're trekking all day, a map is a must."
- 2 The property of being stale or musty. auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
- 3 Alternative spelling of musth. alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
"No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must."
- 4 the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy wordnet
- 5 Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty. auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
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- 6 grape juice before or during fermentation wordnet
- 7 Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes. auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
"No sweet grape lies hidden here in the shade of its vine-leaves, No fermenting must fills and o'erflows the deep vats."
- 8 a necessary or essential thing wordnet
- 1 To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence. auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
"You must arrive in class on time."
- 2 To make musty. auxiliary, defective, modal, transitive
- 3 To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate. auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
"If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside."
- 4 To become musty. auxiliary, defective, intransitive, modal
- 5 Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true. auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
"The children must be asleep by now."
Etymology
From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
See musth.
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