Dictionary

it'd've en · X

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪtɪdəv/
• /ˈɪtədəv/
• /ˈɪdəv/
• [ˈɪɾɪdəv]
• [ˈɪɾɪd]

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal) Contraction of it + would + have.
   alt of it
   • 'Sorry I couldn't offer to come and help you. It'd've been just like the old days,' Pat said softly. 2011, Margaret Dickinson, Red Sky in the Morning:
   • In retrospect, maybe it'd've been better not to reply at all; maybe I'd've been better off just keeping my mouth shut.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal) Contraction of it + had + have.
   alt of it
   • If it'd've been happening regularly, they'd've looked into it harder.
   • He'd've probably been as mad as the dickens, if it'd've been someone else dying like that, not giving him a chance to finish the race and win the cup, or something. 1984, Wayne A. Myers, Dynamic Therapy of the Older Patient:

Coordinates

they'd've · it'd · you'd've · I'd've · he'd've · she'd've · you'd've · it'd · he'd've · she'd've · I'd've · they'd've