to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
to strive or contend about; to contest
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
Used to express a conditional outcome.
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
Simple past tense of shall.
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.