would've

contraction
/ˈwʊdəv/US

Definitions

  1. Contraction of would + have, indicating a non-occurring action or state that was…

    Contraction of would + have, indicating a non-occurring action or state that was conditional on another non-occurring event in the past.

    • We would've been warmer if you had closed the window.
    • I would've gone if it hadn't rained.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for would've. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA