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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
must
I.modal verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I (have to/must) confess (=used when admitting something you feel slightly embarrassed about)
▪ I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should.
I must admit sth (=used when saying that you admit that something is true)
▪ I must admit I hate camping.
If you must know (=used when you are angry because someone wants to know something)
If you must know, I was with James last night .
must be mad
▪ He can’t possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad!
must have dreamt it
▪ I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it.
must obey/have to obey
▪ She felt she had to obey her father, even though she thought he was wrong.
there must be some mistake (=used when you think someone has made a mistake)
▪ There must be some mistake. I definitely booked a room for tonight.
there must be some misunderstanding (=used when you think someone has not understood something correctly)
▪ I think there must be some misunderstanding - I don’t know anyone called Barry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(I) must dash/(I) have to dash
(I) must fly
▪ As a scheduled operator, Virgin must fly its 400-seat jumbos even if there are only a handful of passengers on board.
▪ He is expected eventually to rule that the Union flag must fly, and he called the row unnecessary.
▪ If Jerba was picturesque, Nefta is magical and I regret that I must fly home in a week.
▪ Second, it must fly swiftly away from the nest and alight some distance from it.
▪ To keep your pilot's licence you must fly 5 hours each year minimum.
▪ What is more, it is able to tell others what direction they must fly in order to get food themselves.
▪ With me on his back he must fly down to the Gruncher.
I must say
▪ And first I must say why I need to make this digression.
▪ And I must say, on what I see, your methods seem to work well.
▪ I was pleased to find out, I must say.
▪ Tell me more of it ... I must say my thoughts to you.
▪ The first day of my trip is now completed, and all in all, I must say I am quite satisfied.
▪ Though, I must say, mediocrity never looked better.
▪ When I did find out what he was thinking, I must say I was surprised.
I must/I'd better be getting along
must/should etc be pushing along
needs must (when the devil drives)
sth must not go any further
you're joking/you must be joking
you've made your bed and you must lie on it
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Cox must have forgotten all about our appointment.
▪ Elsa must be furious with her.
▪ I must stop by sometime and thank her for all her help.
▪ Identification must be carried at all times.
▪ Production costs must not exceed $400,000.
▪ The $55 passport fee must accompany your application.
▪ The plants must need watering by now.
▪ This stereo must have cost a lot of money.
▪ We must make every effort towards peace.
▪ You must come and visit us in Houston.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And he must eat some salad.
▪ As a prior step, however, we must look at the second general form of political behavior, political actions.
▪ Certainly it must help them locate a mate and induce a feeling of social togetherness.
▪ I must thank Gene for showing me his method of flashing.
▪ Poor Madame, I thought, how deeply she must resent my usurping her place.
▪ The capital asset of the farms had little importance for most yet in some areas the value must have been substantial.
▪ The longer-term affect of television on the House must await further research.
▪ To create these things, we must begin by remembering that we are all in this together.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
▪ The cricket world cup is an absolute must.
▪ A small set of binoculars are useful for this work and polarising sunglasses are an absolute must.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Goggles are a must for skiing while it's snowing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another must is the excursion to Hallstatt and Gosau, two of the most beautiful spots in the Salzkammergut.
▪ But, before leaving the Thatcher phenomenon, a glance at the Falklands War and what preceded it is a must.
▪ Citronella candles are a must at an outdoor do.
▪ Come dessert time, the fresh guavas in cream or the not too sweet, ultra creamy flan is a must.
▪ In the absence of a hood a good cover glass is a must.
▪ It comes with eight megabytes of random access memory, a must since it also comes with Windows 95.
▪ The site covers several kilometres, so good walking shoes and a hat are a must.
▪ These friendly classes are so popular, numbers are restricted and booking is a must.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
must

must \must\, musth \musth\(m[u^]st), a. [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zo["o]l.) Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased testosterone levels. -- n.

  1. The condition of frenzy.

  2. An elephant in must.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
must

Old English moste, past tense of motan "have to, be able to," from Proto-Germanic *mot- "ability, leisure (to do something)" (cognates: Old Saxon motan "to be obliged to, have to," Old Frisian mota, Middle Low German moten, Dutch moeten, German müssen "to be obliged to," Gothic gamotan "to have room to, to be able to"), perhaps from PIE root *med- "to measure, to take appropriate measures" (see medical (adj.)). Used as present tense from c.1300, from the custom of using past subjunctive as a moderate or polite form of the present.

must

"new wine," Old English must, from Latin mustum (also source of Old High German, German most, Old French moust, Modern French moût, Spanish, Italian mosto), short for vinum mustum "fresh wine," neuter of mustus "fresh, new, newborn," perhaps literally "wet," and from PIE *mus-to-, from root *meus- "damp" (see moss).

must

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

must

"male elephant frenzy," 1871, from Urdu mast "intoxicated, in rut," from Persian mast, literally "intoxicated," related to Sanskrit matta- "drunk, intoxicated," past participle of madati "boils, bubbles, gets drunk," from PIE root *mad- "wet, moist" (see mast (n.2)).

must

"that which has to be done, seen, or experienced," 1892, from must (v.). As an adjective, "obligatory, indispensable," by 1912, from the noun; must-read is from 1959.

Wiktionary
must

Etymology 1 n. Something that is mandatory or required. vb. 1 (context modal auxiliary defective English) To do with certainty; (non-gloss definition: indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate). 2 (context modal auxiliary defective English) To do as a requirement; (non-gloss definition: indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a negative consequence). Etymology 2

n. 1 The property of being stale or musty. 2 Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty. 3 Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually grapes. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make musty. 2 (context intransitive English) To become musty. Etymology 3

n. 1 A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness (qualifier: also spelled ''musth''). 2 An elephant in this sexual and aggressive state.

WordNet
must

adj. highly recommended; "a book that is must reading" [syn: must(a)]

must
  1. n. a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"

  2. grape juice before or during fermentation

  3. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy [syn: mustiness, moldiness]

Wikipedia
Must

Must (from the Latin vinum mustum, "young wine") is freshly pressed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking. Because of its high glucose content, typically between 10 and 15%, must is also used as a sweetener in a variety of cuisines. Unlike commercially sold grape juice, which is filtered and pasteurized, must is thick with particulate matter, opaque, and comes in various shades of brown and/or purple.

Must (disambiguation)

Must is a pilon juice made out of freshly pressed grapes.

Must or MUST may also refer to:

  • Must (surname)
  • Musth or must, a periodic physiological and behavioural change affecting bull elephants
  • Julmust, a Swedish soft drink made out of extracts of hop and malt
  • Must, one of the English modal verbs
  • Medical Unit, Self-contained, Transportable, a type of hospital equipment used by the United States Army circa 1960-1990
Must (surname)

Must is an Estonian surname meaning black. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ivar Must (born 1961), Estonian composer
  • Raul Must (born 1987), Estonian badminton player

Usage examples of "must".

Thus attended, the hapless mourner entered the place, and, according to the laudable hospitality of England, which is the only country in Christendom where a stranger is not made welcome to the house of God, this amiable creature, emaciated and enfeebled as she was, must have stood in a common passage during the whole service, had not she been perceived by a humane gentlewoman, who, struck with her beauty and dignified air, and melted with sympathy at the ineffable sorrow which was visible in her countenance, opened the pew in which she sat, and accommodated Monimia and her attendant.

When we reach that period my readers must kindly accompany me to the breakfast.

I have made up my mind, you must be good enough to decide now, and to tell me whether I am to accompany you or to remain here.

I shall leave for Naples to-morrow, and I know I shall be cured in time of the mad passion I feel for you, but if you tell me that I can accompany you to Parma, you must promise me that your heart will forever belong to me alone.

And you alone shall share it with me, keeping me strong, and helping me accomplish what I must.

Roosevelt in a position, in spite of the enormous amount of work which must rest upon him in his own country, to recognize of his own accord all these inner spiritual and mental impressions of other peoples and their governments?

Congressional legislation which is to be made effective through negotiation and inquiry within the international field must often accord to the President a degree of discretion and freedom from statutory restriction which would not be admissible were domestic affairs alone involved.

Now it must be observed that every virtue acts in accordance with the time being, as also in keeping with other due circumstances, wherefore the virtue of penance has its act at this time, according to the requirements of the New Law.

That teaching we have inherited from those ancient philosophers who have best probed into soul and we must try to show that our own doctrine is accordant with it, or at least not conflicting.

The question presented was whether a judgment rendered by a New York court under a statute which provided that, when joint debtors were sued and one of them was brought into court on a process, a judgment in favor of the plaintiff would entitle him to execute against all, and so must be accorded full faith and credit in Louisiana when offered as the basis of an action in debt against a resident of that State who had not been served by process in the New York action.

But, to say the truth, there is a more simple and plain method of accounting for that prodigious superiority of penetration which we must observe in some men over the rest of the human species, and one which will serve not only in the case of lovers, but of all others.

IT or human resources, the accounting department, or the maintenance staff, there are certain security policies that every employee of your company must know.

Now I know that it must have been because she had learned that John Carter, Prince of Helium, was approaching to demand an accounting of her for the imprisonment of his Princess.

However, we now know that the love accouplement must have lasted for at least one full hour.

Today the main display was a diorama of the center of the Galaxy, with a brilliant pinpoint that must be Chandra itself, surrounded by an accretion disc and other astrophysical monstrosities.