If you say that you must do something, you mean that you strongly intend to do something in the future:
I must phone my sister.
We must get someone to fix that wheel.
UK I mustn't bite my nails.
used for emphasis:
I must say, you look absolutely great.
I must admit, I wasn't looking forward to it.
B1
If you tell someone else that they must do something pleasant, you are emphasizing that you think it is a good idea to do that:
You must come and stay with us one weekend.
We must meet for lunch soon.
Essential or necessary
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must modal verb (PROBABLY)
B2
used to show that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true:
Harry's been driving all day - he must be tired.
There's no food left - we must have eaten it all.
When you got lost in the forest you must have been very frightened.
"You must know Frank." "No, I don't."
Concluding and deducing
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Grammatik
Must
Must comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb): …Must: forms
Must comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb): …Must: uses
When we think carefully about facts, we often use must to express deductions and conclusions from these: …Must and have (got) to?
We usually use must to talk about obligations which come from the speaker and we generally use have (got) to when we refer to obligations that come from outside the speaker. …Must: typical errors
We don’t use must to express obligation and necessity in the past. We use had to instead: …must
noun [ C ]
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strong /mʌst/ weak /məst/ weak /məs/ usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
strong /mʌst/ weak /məst/ weak /məs/something that is necessary:
If you live in the country a car is a must.
necessary
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Important and essential things
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must-
prefix
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/mʌst-/a must-do, must-have, must-see, etc.
something that is so good, you must do it, have it, or see it:
The cashmere scarf is this season's must-have.
It's a moderately entertaining film but it's certainly not a must-see.
Causing pleasure
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must | Amerikanisches Wörterbuch
must
modal verb
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/mʌst, məst/mustmust modal verb (BE NECESSARY)
used to show that it is necessary or important that something happen in the present or future:
Seeing what others have and she lacks, she believes that she must have more.
We must not surprise them (= it is wrong, dangerous, or forbidden).
If you say that you must do something, you can mean that you have a firm intention to do something in the future:
I must call my sister later.
Must is sometimes used for emphasis:
I must admit I enjoy these movies.
must modal verb (PROBABLY)
used to show that something is likely, probable, or certain to be true:
Death must be better than this.
"It must have been fun." "No, it wasn’t."
must
noun [ C ]
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/mʌst/something that is necessary:
If you live in the suburbs a car is a must.
(Definition von must aus dem Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)Beispiele von must
must
You mustn't confuse the problem with the way in which the problem will be resolved.
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The top of the cooker mustn't look dirty, whatever happens.
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I mustn't prejudice my relationship with my minister beyond refusing to accept a ban on internal discussions within the department.
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We mustn't endorse technology for its own sake, nor simply for its economic potential, but ask what its ends are.
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In fact, one mustn't do it, not like that; one couldn't go on.
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You mustn't allow enough time for the mind to think of an alternative.
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Just because there are dark fogs which our sun hasn't yet penetrated we mustn't let the sun lose its glare.
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What you mustn't do is waver, say in the same breath that he both can and can't, and then claim that this contradiction proves that time travel is impossible.
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You mustn't reinforce the role with 'gimmicks'.
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One mustn't think it's a miracle.
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The stretching of these variables is restricted, however, by the condition that both terms in the equation of continuitymust remain of the same order of magnitude.
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There must be an increased availability and access to drug treatment that is sensitive to pregnant and post-partum women in an urban society.
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Many of our participants clearly felt that they ' mustn't complain ', which may be an adaptive psychological strategy for coping with the vicissitudes of advancing age.
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If they have not got any amusements up in their backwoods, we mustn't have none.
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Now, we have to ensure that each safe partial tiling appears exactly once in the tree, so two distinct tilings mustn't give the same result by adding dominoes.
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