ALL meanings of shall
shall
S s - auxiliary verb shall used to make a suggestion 1
- auxiliary verb shall future tense: will 1
- auxiliary verb shall command: will 1
- auxiliary verb shall indicating determination 1
- auxiliary verb shall indicating certainty 1
- auxiliary verb shall indicating doubt 1
- modal verb shall You use shall with 'I' and 'we' in questions in order to make offers or suggestions, or to ask for advice. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall, usually with 'I' and 'we', when you are referring to something that you intend to do, or when you are referring to something that you are sure will happen to you in the future. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall with 'I' or 'we' during a speech or piece of writing to say what you are going to discuss or explain later. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall to indicate that something must happen, usually because of a rule or law. You use shall not to indicate that something must not happen. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall, usually with 'you', when you are telling someone that they will be able to do or have something they want. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall with verbs such as 'look forward to' and 'hope' to say politely that you are looking forward to something or hoping to do something. 0
- modal verb shall You use shall when you are referring to the likely result or consequence of a particular action or situation. 0
- verb shall used as an auxiliary to make the future tense 0
- verb shall used as an auxiliary to indicate determination on the part of the speaker, as in issuing a threat 0
- verb shall used as an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents 0
- verb shall used as an auxiliary to indicate certainty or inevitability 0
- verb shall used as an auxiliary to indicate nonspecific futurity 0
- auxiliary verb shall used in the first person to indicate simple future time 0
- auxiliary verb shall used in the second or third person, esp. in formal speech or writing, to express determination, compulsion, obligation, or necessity 0
- auxiliary verb shall used in the statement of laws or regulations 0
- auxiliary verb shall used in questions about what to do 0
- auxiliary verb shall used in formal conditional subordinate clauses 0