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you'd

pron.
A2 Elementary youd

pron. a short way of saying 'you would' or 'you had'. You use it to talk about something that might happen or something you did in the past.

pron. the contracted form of 'you would' or 'you had'. Functions as a subject-auxiliary cluster in spoken and informal written English.


SIMPLE

I think you'd really like this movie.

CONTEXTUAL

If you'd told me you were coming, I would have prepared some dinner for us.

COMPLEX

You'd be surprised how many people forget to check their passports before heading to the airport for an international flight.

Usage

The meaning depends on the following verb: followed by a base verb, it means 'you would'; followed by a past participle, it means 'you had'.

Pitfall

If you'd have knownIf you'd knownIn conditional sentences, 'you'd' (you had) is followed directly by the past participle, not by 'have'.

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