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Definition of "she'd" []

  • Contraction of she had. (noun-possessive)
  • Contraction of she would. (noun-possessive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "she'd" in a sentence
  • "Back then she probably couldn't say the word she'd heard it on TV, maybe from Bill Nye the Science Guy, but she did know what the job was: put people to sleep for lots of money."
  • "Back then she probably couldn't say the word she'd heard it on TV, maybe from Bill Nye the Science Guy, but she did know what the job was: "put people to sleep for lots of money.""
  • "When I observed that both wines cost well above her $30 ceiling the Blueprint runs about $50 and the Colgin can cost many hundreds of dollars, she assured me they both had been gifts—the latter from a director whose name she'd forgotten."
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