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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

you'd've en · X

Pronunciation

  • /jʊdəv/ various accents
  • /ˈjudəv/ (US)
  • /ˈjuːdəv/ (UK)
  • /jɪdəv/ various accents
  • /jədəv/ various accents

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal) Contraction of you + would + have.
    alt of you
    • If you had been there, you'd've laughed your head off.
    • Catrin: [If] You’d’ve got that five seconds faster, it might actually’ve been funny. 2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 15:

Coordinates

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