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Definition of "we'd" []

  • Contraction of we had. (noun-possessive)
  • Contraction of we should. (noun-possessive)
  • Contraction of we 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 "we'd" in a sentence
  • "The music coverage this week was somewhat overshadowed by the Music Power 100, but Toby Manhire's interview with New Zealand outfit Phoenix Foundation brought with it an acronym we'd never heard before – GCBB, look it up – prompting rupertrm to come up with another: NAGB."
  • "Although the word we'd most use to describe such books as "Jogging With Jesus" as"
  • "But we didn't even HAVE to, which is better because SAP came to us and said, 'These are the terms we'd like to give you."
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