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Definition: Shall |
ShallVerb1. Be going to; indicates futurity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Shall \Shall\, intransitive verb. & auxiliary. [imperfect Should.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Shall, Will, Should, Would. Few persons can claim to be entirely free from slips of speech in the use of these auxiliaries. Simply to express a future action or event, shall is used with the first person and will with the second and third; as, You will read, You will read, He will read, They will read. But when I desire to show determination on my part to do a certain thing, or when I exercise my authority over another, or express promise, command, or threat, will is used in the first person and shall in the second and third; as, I will read, We will read, You shall read, You shall read, He shall read, They shall read. Shall primarily implies obligation; will implies intention or purpose. Will and would should be used whenever the subject names the one whose will controls the action; shall and should must be employed whenever the one named by the subject is under the control of another. The difference between should and would is, in general, about the same as that between shall and will. The foregoing suggestions cover the ordinary uses of these auxiliaries, but there are some special cases deserving attention. Will, in the first person, expresses assent or promise, as well as determination; as, "I will read this poem for you since you have requested it." "I will meet you to-morrow at the time appointed." Will, in the second person, may express a command; as, "You will take the places assigned you." "You will report immediately at my office." Will is sometimes employed to express a general fact, without conveying the idea of futurity; as, "Accidents will happen." "Differences will arise." Will is sometimes incorrectly used instead of shall; as, "Will I go?" for "Shall I go?" This fault is common in Scotland, and prevails to some extent in this country. Will is also used where may would be more appropriate; as, "Be that as it will." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonym: ShallSynonym: will (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Phrase: "among the giant fossils of my past"; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain"; "I lived to write and wrote to live"; "look in thy heart and write"; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live"; "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers"; "volumes that I prize above my dukedom". |
Death | Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
Expectation | Phrase: we shall see; nous verrons; "expectation whirls me round"; the light at the end of the tunnel. |
Perpetuity | Phrase: esto perpetuum; labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum; "but thou shall flourish in immortal youth"; "Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought"; "her immortal part with angels lives"; ohne Rast; ora e sempre. |
Promise | Adverb: as one's head shall answer for. |
Superiority | Phrase: " I shall not look upon his like again "; deos fortioribus addesse. |
Uncertainty | Phrase: Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shall |
| Specialty definitions using "shall": Shall you Will you. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "shall": Placebo. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Shall" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (cravat, muffle, muffler, neckcloth, neckerchief, neckpiece, scarf, shawl, throw, wrap), Manx (rotating ). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Once you have frozen mankind, these babies will overrun the globe, and we shall rule them, for we will be the only two people left in the world (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Your evil says you cannot be evil, and I shall suffer for it no longer (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice) There was a time that I would have wished you dead but your shame shall be your torture and your torture will be your life (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston) What kind of havoc shall the Carver Media Group create in the world today (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Come on lads, let's get home, the sky's beginning to bruise, night must fall and we shall be forced to camp (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.) | |
Lyrics | And as we seek so shall we find (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler) Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land (Rivers Of Babylon; performing artist: Boney M) Magick shall be our key, prayers said unto thee (One With Darkness; performing artist: Cher) Which road shall you choose (Choose; performing artist: Color Me Badd) We shall survive, let us take ourselves along (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John) | |
Tongue Twisters | Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked Sammy, surprised. "Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink. (references; author: unknown) Sheath thy sword, the surly sheriff said, "or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. (references; author: unknown) Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets. (references; author: unknown) We surely shall see the sun shine soon. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | They Shall Overcome (1974) I Shall Return (1973) Tomorrow Shall Be Better (1965) We Shall See (1964) And Women Shall Weep (1960) | |
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![]() | Caption: Movie Still, "Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours." in the Black Maria; Unknown Date; {23.430/25} (jpg). | ![]() | Sudden Breaking Up Of A Consultation. : Weighty Arguments on both sides! When Doctors disagree, Who shall Decide. / CJG. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Poster designed by Allen Sandburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...". Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Photograph taken during World War II of the medal designed by Anthony C. Paquet during the Civil War. The Medal of Honor was authorized by Congress on 21 December 1861 for presentation to Navy enlisted personnel. Eligibility was extended in 1901 to any Navy man "who shall have distinguished himself in battle or displayed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession". Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Shall I vote for ten cents a day?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Oh, Aunt Sarah, where shall we get another Jack-O'-Lantern?. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | David Fitz-David: this rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I (and Cy). Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Here's the news from Washington, sir, shall I post it?. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Soliloquy of the Minnesota viking in the thrilling Ballinger-Pinchot melodrama -- "shall I whitewash or shall I probe". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aeschylus | He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. |
Alexander Pope | Who shall decide when doctors disagree? |
Ben Jonson | As he brews, so shall he drink. |
John Heywood | When the sky falleth we shall have larks. |
Juvenal | Who shall guard the guardians themselves? |
Marcus T. Cicero | As you have sown so shall you reap. |
Virgil | Your descendants shall gather your fruits. |
William Shakespeare | But thy eternal summer shall not fade. |
| Simply the thing I am shall make me live. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Welshmen shall do the same to us and ours. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | If this made the father free, it shall make the son free too. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It shall, however, receive a more attentive consideration. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I shall soon have done |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | We need something more than a fixed Law of Nature to settle which nerve shall carry it. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | In leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I shall see him tremble |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I shall not sell it to you at a high price |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | My coffin shall be black, Six angels at my back, Two to sing and two to pray And two to carry my soul away |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | What, shall I stab him as he sleeps |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Sometimes the quarrel between two princes is to which of them shall dispossess a third of his dominions, where neither of them pretend to any right |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Otherwise we shall be found sailing under false colors, and be inevitably cashiered at last by our own opinion, as well as that of mankind |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | You do there work, and they shall have good luck, are you not he |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, we shall confine ourselves here primarily to a discussion of elevated blood cholesterol. (references) | |
Business | The Private sector and the Government shall jointly make efforts to meet the growing IT education needs. (references) | |
The ENCON Act stipulates that owners of designated factories and buildings shall have to implement energy conservation measures. (references) | ||
Currently, there is a tendency toward liberalization of the currency exchange, which shall bring the two rates closer to each other. (references) | ||
Children | Haiti | Persons with Disabilities The Constitution provides that persons with disabilities shall have the means to ensure their autonomy, education, and independence. (references) |
Korea | The law states that "no one shall be discriminated against in all areas of political, economic, social, and cultural life on the grounds of disability." In 1995 the Government expanded job training programs, medical benefits, and welfare facilities for disabled citizens. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | Article 23 of the Basic Law provides that Hong Kong shall enact laws to prohibit subversion, secession, treason, and sedition against the Chinese Government. (references) |
Discrimination | Croatia | Additionally members of all national groups and minorities shall have equal rights. (references) |
Nepal | Disability, Language, or Social Status The Constitution specifies that the Government shall not discriminate against citizens on grounds of religion, race, sex, caste, or ideology; however, there still is a de facto caste system. (references) | |
Economic History | Pakistan | Article 198 provides that no law shall be repugnant to Islam. (references) |
Human Rights | Estonia | It also provides that court proceedings shall be public. (references) |
Iran | Article 157 provides that the head of the judiciary shall be a cleric chosen by the Supreme Leader. (references) | |
Taiwan | The Code of Criminal Procedure states that a confession shall not be the sole evidence used to find a defendant guilty. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | The General Education Act provides that educational instruction shall be conducted in the national language (i.e. Spanish) without prejudice to the protection and promotion of indigenous languages. (references) |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | Industrial Designs: The registration of a qualifying industrial design, including layout-designs of integrated circuits, shall be for a period of five years from the filing date of the application. (references) |
URUGUAY | A government decree establishes that local products or services of equal quality, and no more than ten percent more expensive than foreign goods or services, shall be given preference in government tenders. (references) | |
Political Rights | Bhutan | The candidate whose name is drawn shall be deemed to be elected. (references) |
Bhutan | However, it does state that in case of a tie among the candidates in the election, selection shall be made through the drawing of lots. (references) | |
Suriname | If the legislature is unable to do so, as was the case both in the 1991 and 1996 national elections, the Constitution provides that a national people's assembly, composed of Members of Parliament and regional and local officials, shall elect the President. (references) | |
Trade | Philippines | Subsequent renewal of CPR shall be valid for a period of three (3) years. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Such vehicles shall be non-transferable for a period of at least five years. (references) | |
Egypt | Those representatives shall be subjected to the administrative supervision of GOEIC. (references) | |
Women | Malaysia | The Penal Code states that a convicted rapist shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years. (references) |
Worker Rights | Malawi | The guidelines also mandated that processing times for TEP applications shall not exceed 40 working days. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The Export Processing Zones Act states the LRA shall not apply to workers in export processing zones (EPZ's). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime. The genus has a wide geographical distribution, being found wherever sought and deplored wherever found. The maiden is not altogether unpleasing to the eye, nor (without her piano and her views) insupportable to the ear, though in respect to comeliness distinctly inferior to the rainbow, and, with regard to the part of her that is audible, bleating out of the field by the canary -- which, also, is more portable. A lovelorn maiden she sat and sang -- This quaint, sweet song sang she; "It's O for a youth with a football bang And a muscle fair to see! The Captain he Of a team to be! On the gridiron he shall shine, A monarch by right divine, And never to roast on it -- me!" Opoline Jones |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | After they shall have provided for the present emergency, it will merit their most serious labors to render tranquility with the savages permanent by creating ties of interest. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Such have been, and are, my convictions, and upon them I shall act. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | So far as possible the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | Justice, and only justice, shall always be our motto. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This agreement stipulates that its execution shall be in full accord with the Charter of the United Nations Organization. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Without this, we shall become a nation of strangers. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Shall" is generally used as a modal auxiliary verb -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Shall" is used about 20,213 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Modal Auxiliary Verb | 100% | 20,213 | 440 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "shall" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shall | Last name | 200 | 34,728 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "shall". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jekamean | N/A | Biblical | The people shall arise |
| Shear-jashub | N/A | Biblical | The remnant shall return |
| Shoshannim | N/A | Biblical | Those that shall be changed |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "shall": ad as one's head shall answer for ♦ bomb shall ♦ he shall have cause to remember me! ♦ how shall i go about it? ♦ how shall we do it? ♦ i shall be delighted ♦ i shall be delighted to ♦ i shall be delighted! ♦ i shall be pleased to come ♦ i shall see you again soon! ♦ shall i ring for a car? ♦ we shall see ♦ we shall see! ♦ we shall still see the end of it! ♦ which road shall i take? ♦ who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces ♦ you shall do your duty!. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "shall": s-shall. | |
Containing "shall": Shill-I-shall-I. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "shall"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | sal (go, will), gaan (are, go, to go, will). (various references) | |
Albanian | do të (should, will). (various references) | |
Arabic | سوف (ought to, procrastinate, pussyfoot, retard, temporize, will). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ще (should, will), да (and, as to, ay, aye, exactly, if, let, that, to, yea, yep, yes, yup). (various references) | |
Chinese | 將要 (be going to, will), 将. (various references) | |
Czech | pomocné sloveso. (various references) | |
Danish | skulle (go, have to, must, ought to, should, will). (various references) | |
Dutch | zullen (go, have to, must, ought to, should, will), gaan (go, go on foot, ride, sound, travel, will). (various references) | |
Farsi | فعل معین (Do), بایستی (Ought), بایست (Must, Ought), باید (Must, Ought). (various references) | |
Finnish | tulee (has to, must). (various references) | |
French | sur dénonciation de la Cour,il poursuit les auteurs de ce délit devant la juridiction nationale compétente (the Member State concerned shall prosecute the offender before its competent court), si le recours est fondé,la Cour de justice déclare nul et non avenu l'acte contesté (the Court of Justice shall declare the act concerned to be void), la juridiction est réputée saisie (the court shall be deemed to be seized), la Haute Autorité recourt aux associations de producteurs (the High Authority shall call upon producers'associations), la Haute Autorité reconnait,s'il y a lieu,l'existence d'une telle situation (the High Authority shall), la formule exécutoire est apposée par l'autorité nationale (the order for its enforcement shall be appended to the decision by the national authority), la faillite produit ses effets l'égard du débiteur (the bankprutcy shall take effect against the debtor), la Communauté jouit des immunités et privilèges nécessaires pour remplir sa mission (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), la libération de ces restrictions sera subordonnée la coordination de... (the abolition of restrictions shall be dependent upon coordination of...), la période de session se décompose en séances (the part-session shall be subdivided into daily sittings), la dotation est rétablie son niveau initial (the appropriation shall be restored to its initial level), la destruction des produits ainsi retirés ne doit pas entraver l'écoulementnormal (the disposal of products thus withdrawn from the market shall not interferewith the normal marketing), la Cour ne peut valablement délibérer qu'en nombre impair (decisions of the Court shall be valid only when an uneven number of its members is sitting in the deliberations), la Cour de justice siège en séance plénière (the Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session), la Cour de justice est compétente pour statuer en vertu d'une clause compromissoire (the Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give judgment pursuant to any arbitration clause), la Cour de justice entre en fonctions dès la nomination de ses membres (the Court of Justice shall take up its duties as soon as its members have been appointed), la durée d'embarquement est d'une marée (the period spent on board shall be the length of a trip), la Communauté n'exerce une action directe sur la production et le marché que lorsque les circonstances l'exigent (the Community shall exert direct influence upon production or upon the market only when circumstances so require), la première étape est automatiquement prolongée d'un an (the first stage shall automatically be extended for one year), la Communauté est tenue de réparer le dommage (the Community shall make good the damage), la Communauté est subrogee aux intéressés dans l'exercice de leurs droits de recours contre les tiers (the Community shall acquire any rights of action enjoyed by those concerned against third parties), la Communauté a pour mission de promouvoir des relations plus étroites entre les Etats qu'elle réunit (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), la Commission,de sa proPre initiative,examine... (the Commission shall), la Commission s'efforce d'obtenir ou de faire obtenir l'amiable la communication de connaissances (the Commission shall eneavour), la Commission recommande les méthodes par lesquelles les autres Etats membres apportent la coopération nécessaire (the Commission shall recommend the methods for the requisite cooperation between Member States), la Commission propose une procédure de révision de ces critères (the Commission shall propose a procedure for revising these criteria), la Commission procède sans délai un examen de la situation de cet Etat (the commission shall immediately investigate the position of the State in question), la Commission procède aux études (the Commission shall undertake the studies), la Commission participe la formation des actes du Conseil (the Commission shall participate in the shaping of measures taken by the Council), la Commission joint un avis qui peut comporter des prévisions divergentes (the Commission shall attach thereto an opinion which may contain different estimates), la Commission fixe le montant de ces taxes dans la mesure nécessaire pour rétablir l'équilibre (the Commission shall fix the amount of these charges at the level required to redress the balance), la Communauté possède la capacité juridique la plus large (the Community shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity), l'arrêt contient l'indication qu'il est rendu par la Cour (the judgment shall contain a statement that it is the judgment of the Court), le Conseil arrête des règlements (the Council shall make regulations), le Conseil établit les principes généraux pour la mise en oeuvre d'une politique commune de formation professionnelle (the Council shall lay down general principles for implementing a common vocational training policy), le comité d'arbitrage doit se conformer aux points de droit arrêtés par la Cour (the Arbitration Committee shall conform to any decisions on points of law given by the Court), le Comité comprend des sections spécialisées pour les principaux domaines (the Committee shall include specialised sections for the principal fields), le budget doit être equilibré en recettes et en dépenses (the revenue and expenditure shown in the budget shall be in balance), l'avocat général dont la désignation est sujette renouvellement la fin de la première période de trois ans est désigné par le sort (the Advocate-General whose term of office is to expire at the end of the first three years shall be chosen by lot), l'Assemble désigne parmi ses membres son président et son bureau (the Assembly shall elect its President and its officers from among its members), l'Assemblée tient une session annuelle (the Assembly shall hold an annual session), l'Assemblée se réunit pour élire son bureau et élaborer son règlement intérieur (the Assembly shall meet in order to elect its officers and draw up its rules of procedure), l'Assemblée se réunit de plein droit le troisième mardi d'octobre (the Assembly shall meet), l'Assemblée est présidée par le doyen d'âge (the oldest member shall take the chair of the Assembly), l'Assemblée est formée de délégués (the Assembly shall consist of delegates), l'Assemblée désigne son bureau (the Assembly shall elect its officers), la présidence est exercée a tour de rôle par... (the office of President shall be held by...in turn), la sauvegarde des intérêts lésés doit être garantie par une procédure légale appropriée (there shall be an appropriate legal procedure to ensure the protection of interests that have been prejudiced), la présidence est exercée tour de rôle suivant l'ordre alphabétique des Etats membres (the office of President shall be held in turn), la Commission entre en consultation avec les Etats membres intéressés (the Commission shall consult the Member States concerned), la première étape est prolongée d'une année supplémentaire (the first stage shall be extended for a further year). (various references) | |
German | soll (debit, debit side, desired, target), sollen (be meant to, be supposed to, be to, have to, must, ought, ought to, should), beabsichtigt (intended, intends). (various references) | |
Greek | θα (will, would). (various references) | |
Guarani | jaha (we shall go), ñaguahêta (we shall arrive), aguahêta (I shall arrive), agueraháta (I shall bring), aháta (I shall go), aju (I shall come back), ajujevýta (I shall come again), ame'êta (I shall give), apáyta (I shall awaken), ñaguahê (we shall arrive), ja'úta (we shall eat), rosêta (we shall leave), jaháta (we shall go), jahami (we shall go a little bit), jahasáta (we shall spend), jajapóta (we shall do), jakarúta (we shall eat), jevýta (I shall come back), roguahêta (we shall arrive), rokemíta (we shall sleep a little bit), asêta (I shall leave). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פועל עזר "מצין עתי" ב'וף ראשון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fog (catch, cog, dental, held, hold, oppress, press, sawed, sawn, sprocket, squeeze, take, teeth, to grab, to grab at, to grab for, to hold, to saw, tooth). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bakalan (will), akan (ABOUT TO, burr, will, would). (various references) | |
Italian | dovere (be bound to, be compelled to, be due, be forced to, be to, charge, duty, feel bound to, have to, must, need, obligation, office, ought, ought to, owe, should, take). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | へぼ医者 (all over, being sticky, bloody fool!, blunder, bungle, chattering, clinging, closely, empty, frivolous, gaffe, gooey, hard, hungry, messy, must, non-stop talking, prattling, quack doctor, should, speaking indiscreetly, squished flat, sticky, thickly, to commit a blunder). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べし (must, should). (various references) | |
Korean | 하기로 하십시". (various references) | |
Luganda | tunaalya (we shall eat, what shallwe eat). (various references) | |
Manx | gowee (shall take), cha gluinnee (shall not hear), cha gow (shall not take), cha jean (shall not do), cha jed (shall not go), cha jig (shall not come), cha n'yiarrys (shall not say), cha vaik (shall not see), cha vow (shall not get), Chluinnee? (Shall hear?), cha der (shall not give), gow (go, shall take?, take), vow (shall get?), hed (shall go), hee (shall see), hig (shall come), jean? (do? make? shall do?), jed? (daddy, shall go? priest? clergyman? pa), jig? (shall come?), jir (shall say), nee (do, shall do, will), n'yiarrys (shall say?), vaikys (shall see?), der? (shall give?). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dever (be obliged, charge, debt, devoir, duty, have to, must, obligation, office, onus, ought, ought to, owe, place, should, thank, trust, would). (various references) | |
Romanian | vom, voi (demand, thou, want, will, ye, you). (various references) | |
Russian | вспомогательный глагол, модальный глагол анг. языка (would), быть должен если. (various references) | |
Scottish | chìtear (va.irr. will or shall be seen), chì (va.irr. will or shall see, will see), bhitheas (sv. will or shall be), bhi (aspirated form of bi after cha : cha bhi, shall or). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ću. (various references) | |
Spanish | tener que (have to, must, ought to, should), deber de (should), deber (due, duty, encumbrance, job, must, obligation, onus, ought, owe, part, remit, should, suppose, task, term, thing, trust). (various references) | |
Swedish | skall (bark, barking, clang, cry, must, ought, ring, should, will). (various references) | |
Turkish | -meli (must, ought, should), -malı (must, ought, should), -ecek, -acak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | повинен (must, should). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai en tw onomati autou eqnh elpiousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et in nomine eius gentes sperabunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & on his name þeodan ge-hihtað. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And hethene men schulen hope in his name. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And in hys name shall the gentyls truste. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 12, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | ug sa iyang ngalan managpanglaum ang mga Gentil." |
| Chinese | 外 邦 人 都 要 仰 望 他 的 名 。 』 |
| Croatian | Ime njegovo nada je narodima! |
| Danish | Og på hans Navn skulle Hedninger håbe." |
| Dutch | En in Zijn Naam zullen de heidenen hopen. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen nimeensä pakanat panevat toivonsa." |
| French | Et les nations espéreront en son nom. |
| German | und die Heiden werden auf seinen Namen hoffen." |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, tout nasyon yo va mete espwa yo nan li. |
| Hungarian | És az õ nevében reménykednek majd a pogányok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | segala bangsa akan menaruh harapan kepada-Nya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan kepada nama-Nya segala orang kafir akan berharap. |
| Italian | nel suo nome spereranno le genti. |
| Korean | 또 한 이 방 " 이 그 이 름 을 " 라 리 라 함 을 이 루 하 심 이 니 라 |
| Manx Gaelic | As ayns yn ennym echeysyn nee ny Ashoonee treishteil. |
| Maori | Ka tumanako hoki nga tauiwi ki tona ingoa. |
| Norwegian | Og til hans navn skal hedningene sette sitt håp. |
| Portuguese | e no seu nome os gentios esperarão. |
| Rumanian | Wi Neamurile vor nqdqjdui kn Numele Lui.`` |
| Russian | Й ОБ ЙНС еЗП 'Х"ХФ Х ПЧБФШ ОБТП"Щ. |
| Shuar | Tura Israer-shuarchasha Niin nekas Enentáimtusartatui." |
| Spanish | Y en su nombre las naciones pondrán su esperanza. |
| Swahili | Katika jina lake mataifa yatakuwa na tumaini." |
| Swedish | Och till hans namn skola folken sätta sitt hopp." |
| Uma | Hawe'ea manusia' mposarumaka-i." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shall": shalloon, shalloons, shallop, shallops, shallot, shallots, shallow, shallowed, shallower, shallowest, shallowing, shallowly, shallowness, shallownesses, shallows. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shall": marshall. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shall": marshalled, marshalling, marshalls. (additional references) | |
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"Shall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashall, chall, Ishkal, Sahal, sahel, Sahgal, sahl, sahll, Sahlul, sahul, salel, salil, sall, s'all, Schaal, schal, schalle, Schally, schalt, schmall, Sgall, shacl, shaell, Shal, shala, shalls, shally, shaol, shaul, Shaula, shayla, Shazli, Sheail, shel, shelk, shelp, shil, shilb, shilli, shl, shlat, Sholl, sholp, Shuala, shul, shull, Shurll, sialyl, Spall, thall, Zahl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shall" (pronounced sha"l) |
| 2 | -a" l | Al, Bal, canal, chaparral, corral, dal, gal, locale, morale, pal, Pascal, rationale, Sal. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: halls. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-l-s" | |
-1 letter: alls, hall, lash, sall. | |
-2 letters: all, als, ash, has, las, sal, sha. | |
-3 letters: ah, al, as, ha, la, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-l-s" | |
+1 letter: hallos, hollas. | |
+2 letters: alphyls, ashfall, challas, challis, chollas, fellahs, halalas, hallahs, hallels, halloas, halloes, halloos, hallows, hilloas, holloas, hulloas, lethals, mollahs, mullahs, nullahs, phallus, shallop, shallot, shallow, shellac, tallish, thallus, thralls, wallahs, zillahs. | |
+3 letters: alcohols, allheals, anthills, ashfalls, challahs, challies, chlorals, fallfish, flashily, halalahs, halluces, hallways, haltless, hellcats, holdalls, hollands, lavishly, marshall, phallism, phallist, pushball, seashell, selfheal, shalloon, shallops, shallots, shallows, shellack, shellacs, shigella, shillala, smallish, talliths, tallyhos, thallous. | |
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