/mʌst/
Translation
Used to say that something is needed or has to happen.
Word origin
From Old English moste, the past form of motan meaning to be allowed or have to, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- moste
Grammar
Examples
seatbelt .
"Must" shows the thing is needed or required.
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"Must" shows something has to happen.
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"Must" here shows you are quite sure it is true.
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(6)Grammar articles
(25)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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