Associations to the word «Shall»

Wiktionary

SHALL, verb. (modal auxiliary verb) (defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense, particularly in the first person singular or plural.
SHALL, verb. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation, particularly in the second and third persons singular and plural.
SHALL, verb. Used in questions to suggest a possible future action.
SHALL, verb. (obsolete) To owe.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope