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WOULD-BE

\wʊdbˈiː], \wʊdbˈiː], \w_ʊ_d_b_ˈiː]\

Definitions of WOULD-BE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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