[Sửa](3rd sing. would) past of WILL(1), used esp.: 1 (in the2nd and 3rd persons, and often in the 1st: see SHOULD). a inreported speech (he said he would be home by evening). b toexpress the conditional mood (they would have been killed ifthey had gone).
[Sửa]To express habitual action (would wait forher every evening).
[Sửa]To express a question or polite request(would they like it?; would you come in, please?).
[Sửa]To expressprobability (I guess she would be over fifty by now).
[Sửa](foll.by that + clause) literary to express a wish (would that youwere here).