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Word entry · 5 letters

shall

Best crossword clue

"Formal will"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ʃæl/Sorted ahllsStarts with SEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Shall is usually used to make a suggestion about your own actions.

Word origin

From Middle English schal (infinitive schulen), from Old English sċeal (infinitive sċulan (“should, must”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skulan, from Proto-Germanic *skal (infinitive *skulaną), from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to owe, be under obligation”).

Used in a sentence

  • I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.
  • I hope that we shall win the game.
  • "Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Formal will5 letters
02Will, formally5 letters

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