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must

[muhst]

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auxiliary verb

to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement: I must keep my word.

to be under the necessity to; need to: Animals must eat to live.

to be required or compelled to, as by the use or threat of force: You must obey the law.

to be compelled to in order to fulfill some need or achieve an aim: We must hurry if we're to arrive on time.

to be forced to, as by convention or the requirements of honesty: I must say, that is a lovely hat.

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to be or feel urged to; ought to: I must buy that book.

to be reasonably expected to; is bound to: It must have stopped raining by now. She must be at least 60.

to be inevitably certain to; be compelled by nature: Everyone must die.

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verb (used without object)

to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.

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Archaic. (sometimes used with ellipsis of go, get, or some similar verb readily understood from the context): We must away.

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adjective

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necessary; vital: A raincoat is must clothing in this area.

noun

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something necessary, vital, or required: This law is a must.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English most(e), Old English mōste (past tense); cognate with German musste. See mote²

Synonyms
1. Must, ought, should express necessity or duty. Must expresses necessity or compulsion: I must attend to those patients first. Soldiers must obey orders. Ought (weaker than must) expresses obligation, duty, desirability: You ought to tell your mother. Should expresses obligation, expectation, or probability: You are not behaving as you should. Children should be taught to speak the truth. They should arrive at one o'clock.

Example Sentences

Instructor must have ability to teach in the university's general education program.

But now it has almost caught up with the developed world it must change its approach.

Some also suggest that to be invasive, a species must have negative effects on native wildlife.

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Instructor must have ability to teach in the university's general education program.

But now it has almost caught up with the developed world it must change its approach.

Some also suggest that to be invasive, a species must have negative effects on native wildlife.

To then separate the resulting amalgam of gold and mercury, heat must be applied to vaporize the mercury.

Chartwell must have been a heady place to be in exile.

And the wide-open landscape looks much as it must have in the state's early ranching days.

Ennui is a cognitive gift, but it must be properly unlocked.

Candidates must be innovative and creative, and must possess superb communications skills and a collegial leadership style.

Protesters around the world demand that something must be done.

For decomposition to take place, microorganisms must be present to break down the materials.

Cancer treatments must target cancer stem cells to eradicate the disease.

The whole system must before long undergo a radical change.

If you must gild the lily, choose from the brief list of toppings.

Accommodating a student with a wheelchair is a must.

Australians must now decide what sort of country they want their children to live in.

They must pack in what they need and carry out their refuse.

The human brain must constantly screen incoming stimuli for relevance.

We must figure this one out--there is no room for failure.

Writers must submit a query letter to the editor in advance.

If it's back to school, it must be time for the publication of college rankings.

Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops.

When a male kills dinner on his own, he must gorge quickly before female clan members shove him aside.

And you must be a resident and a utility customer to get rebates.

Before you can write a dissertation, you must write a dissertation proposal.

But those mechanisms can't account for the amount of nutrients that must surface.

If you really must have a pet dinosaur, there is a cheaper way to do it.

Although there is an elevator to the entrance, once you are in the homes you must use stairs to visit each level.

Must be a team-player and be able to function effectively in a team work-centered office.

But, humanity must confront all these issues which can no longer be ignore because globally the effects will spread.

These soft dumplings cooked in maple syrup must have made for good comfort food after a hard day of labor.

To bloom vigorously, they must develop roots and foliage during cool weather.

Presidential candidates must address unneeded medical technology and procedures as part of health care reform.

We must remember to slip them into our pockets and purses before leaving the house.

And some shade-loving plants must have sun protection and high humidity throughout the growing season.

In order for one species to diverge into two, a population must be divided into groups that cannot interbreed.

The cost of building construction, however, must come from private sources.

Once the taproot has formed, you must remove all of it, since new plants can sprout from even a small piece.

With resistance to antibiotics growing at an alarming pace among pathogenic bacteria, humans must become more aggressive.

These wafers must be flat varying no more than one-hundredth of the thickness of a human hair.

And if they get federal funding, investigators must divide the groups they study by race.

First, they must somehow deliver their genetic payload into enough cells to do some good.

Stuck in one place, plants must endure a host of pests and problems.

So to build new copies of themselves, or replicate, they must co-opt machinery within the cells they infect.

Annual eye exams, which can catch problems early, are a must for people with diabetes.

To do their magic in the cell, proteins must fold into rigid shapes-or so standard wisdom says.

Finally, the entrepreneurs must surmount evolving governmental regulatory hurdles.

The brain realizes that a rectangle must be opaque to occlude the four black disks.

In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player.

Must be an experienced artist who will teach courses in all levels of contemporary dance technique and choreography.

Its poor, politically polarised countries must now try to cope.

It must be almost impossible to commit a perfect murder if you are a celebrity.

Broadband providers must not block users from sending legal content on the net.

We have entered a new realm, and if the definition of knowledge has changed, then so must the definition of cheating.

Tell me a tale about a wicked stepmother who has a beautiful daughter who must work for her sisters.

If it's easy to read about, it must be a cinch to do.

Winners must sign an affidavit and license and will be responsible for paying any taxes they may owe on a prize.

As long as you follow building codes regulating the distance that combustible materials must be from the firebox opening and.

The next president must commit to fixing our infrastructure.

For a new campus facility to break new ground-both educationally and sustainably-the initial program must be visionary.

Companies must decide what they really need to keep.

The thinner redstarts leaving later must head farther north to find enough food.

States must create privacy and security rules, but there's no standard that must be met.

Applicants must submit email addresses of each confidential letter writer upon application.

The law-abiding must decide whether it is better to give in, or battle on.

Yet another science report warns that action must be taken to restrain greenhouse gas emissions.

Before being eaten they must be allowed to ripen further to lose their puckery astringency and become as soft and sweet as jelly.

For the coupon to become valid, a certain number of users must agree to buy it.

Four-color proofs must be sent to the mailing address above and must be representative of the digital file.

Researchers must purge e-mail in-boxes daily of threatening correspondence, simply part of the job of being a climate scientist.

Entrance is free, but groups of more than six people must book in advance.

If the problem is so severe that you must resort to chemical control, call in a professional to fumigate the soil.

After that, they must submit to an annual audit of their compliance.

Serbia must critically re-evaluate all steps undertaken so far”.

The rules of the gang are that every day each girl must wear a tank top that.

To be deemed patent-worthy, an invention must meet two criteria.

Labour rates must be at financially feasible levels.

When scientists find chemicals that disrupt human systems, regulators must ban them.

When a wound is healing, cell division must be sped up.

Systemic fungicides must never be used on food crops.

Lastly, the region's physical infrastructure must have the capacity to withstand heavy manufacturing.

Great theoreticians know that hypothesis must be confirmed with experiment.

To do this, you must have data, and this is where the expedition comes in.

Outdoor chefs need a place to put their tools, and bartenders must have a bar.

Complete films, not trailers or edited segments, must be submitted so that the product can be judged as a whole.

To be of true service to humanity, science must be an exquisite blend of data, theory and narrative.

By the time he was finished, he had compiled what must be the.

As with any remodel, a garage conversion requires a building permit and must meet local codes.

No longer must people go to a cinema or a video shop if they want to see a popular film.

Reinforcing consists of galvanized-steel stucco lath, so you must use aggregate small enough to fit through the openings.

If people are to use water with more care, they must know how much they draw and what it costs.

To understand how a mirage forms, one must first understand how light travels through air.

Yet, to get to know and truly appreciate any species one must start with its taxonomical designation.

Choosing pieces that can serve multiple functions is a must.

They must also know how to use it, and reuse it, productively.

We must make plans for changing our pollution and for the coming impact to life on earth.

Using a flashlight could ruin the effect you're trying to create, so you must work in complete darkness.

Ground covers that must compete with trees or shrubs often benefit from added fertilizer as well.

As offshore energy development expands, researchers argue that federal policymakers must devise ways to settle legal disputes.

Damadian decided a better way must be found to examine the inner workings of the body.

For best results, the pan must be flat on the bottom and the batter swirled to the edge.

Complexity arises, however, because voters must be registered and votes must be recorded in.

To control emissions, countries must first account accurately for their carbon.

We must find, track and predict the future trajectory of those million near-Earth objects.

Antihydrogen has been produced before, but it must be corralled for detailed physical study.

But although everyone agrees that punch cards must go, so far no one can agree on standards for the systems to replace them.

But often amputees must also struggle with confusing sensations that seem to indicate that an arm or leg is still present.

Because it is highly unlikely that the stars in a cluster got together by accident, they must have been born at the same time.

Many technical obstacles must be overcome and unanswered questions resolved before stem cells can safely fulfill their promise.

It would have to be a incredible sensitivity to estrogen, which must be present in vanishingly small concentrations.

But it also means that a bee can generate more lift when it needs to--when it must carry a heavy load, for example.

It must be both cool enough and dry enough for your skin to transfer the excess heat to the atmosphere.

To plan a successful treatment for a patient, a doctor must first determine the nature of the illness.

The cataclysm went far beyond the regular insults from which living things must recover.

To use the treadmill, a person must be able to flex and extend his or her.

There must be alot of people out there that must know that rehating food causes cancer.

But physicists must first learn to physically manipulate atoms in this world before they can put them to work.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

new wine; the unfermented juice as pressed from the grape or other fruit.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin mustum, short for vīnum mustum new wine

noun

mold; moldiness; mustiness: a castle harboring the must of centuries.

Origin:
1595–1605; back formation from musty¹

noun

musth.

noun

musk, especially a powder made from musk.

verb (used with object)

to powder (the hair).

Origin:
1480–90; earlier moist < Middle French must, variant of musc musk

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World English Dictionary

must¹ (mʌst, (unstressed) məst, məs)

—vb (takes an infinitive without to or an implied infinitive)
1.	used as an auxiliary to express obligation or compulsion: you must pay your dues. In this sense, must does not form a negative. If used with a negative infinitive it indicates obligatory prohibition
2.	used as an auxiliary to indicate necessity: I must go to the bank tomorrow
3.	used as an auxiliary to indicate the probable correctness of a statement: he must be there by now
4.	used as an auxiliary to indicate inevitability: all good things must come to an end
5.	used as an auxiliary to express resolution
	a. on the part of the speaker when used with I or we: I must finish this
	b. on the part of another or others as imputed to them by the speaker, when used with you, he, she, they, etc: let him get drunk if he must
6.	( used emphatically ) used as an auxiliary to express conviction or certainty on the part of the speaker: he must have reached the town by now, surely; you must be joking
7.	(foll by away) used with an implied verb of motion to express compelling haste: I must away

—n
8.	an essential or necessary thing: strong shoes are a must for hill walking

[Old English mōste past tense of mōtan to be allowed, be obliged to; related to Old Saxon mōtan, Old High German muozan, German müssen]

must² (mʌst)

—n
	the newly pressed juice of grapes or other fruit ready for fermentation

[Old English, from Latin mustum new wine, must, from mustus (adj) newborn]

must³ (mʌst)

—n
	mustiness or mould

[C17: back formation from musty]

must⁴ (mʌst)

—n
	a variant spelling of musth

musth or must (mʌst)

—n
	(often preceded by in) a state of frenzied sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals, esp elephants, associated with discharge from a gland between the ear and eye

[C19: from Urdu mast, from Persian: drunk]

must or must

—n

[C19: from Urdu mast, from Persian: drunk]

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Word Origin & History

must

O.E. moste, pt. of motan "have to, be able to," from P.Gmc. *motanan "to fix, allot, appoint, to have room, to be able" (cf. O.Fris. mota, M.L.G. moten, Du. moeten, Ger. müssen "to be obliged to," Goth. gamotan "to have room to, to be able to"), from PIE base *med- "to measure." Used as present

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tense from c.1300, from the custom of using past subjunctive as a moderate or polite form of the present. The noun meaning "something that has to be seen or experienced" is from 1892.

must

"new wine," O.E. must, from L. mustum, short for vinum mustum "fresh wine," neut. of mustus "fresh, new."

must

"mold," c.1600, perhaps a back-formation of musty (q.v.).

must

"male elephant frenzy," 1871, from Urdu mast "intoxicated, in rut," from Pers. mast, lit. "intoxicated," related to Skt. matta- "drunk, intoxicated," pp. of madati "boils, bubbles, gets drunk," from PIE base *mad- "wet, to drip."

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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

musth also must (mŭst) Pronunciation Key
An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants.

Slang Dictionary

must (do) definition

and must

n.
something that someone ought to do. : Seeing the Eiffel tower is a must do in Paris. , Tell me some of the “musts” in southern Utah.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

must

see a must; show must go on.

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