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Must

Something that is mandatory or required.

📖 Definitions of "Must"

noun
  1. 1

    Something that is mandatory or required.

    "If you'll be out all day, a map is a must."

verb
  1. 1

    (modal auxiliary, defective) 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."

  2. 2

    (modal auxiliary, defective) 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 negative consequence.

    "This door handle must be rotated fully."

  3. 3

    (modal auxiliary, defective) said about something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true

    "The children must be asleep by now."

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