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MUST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("must" is a kind of...):
staleness (having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging)
Derivation:
musty (stale and unclean smelling)
musty (covered with or smelling of mold)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grape juice before or during fermentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("must" is a kind of...):
grape juice (the juice of grapes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A necessary or essential thing
Example:
seat belts are an absolute must
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("must" is a kind of...):
essential; necessary; necessity; requirement; requisite (anything indispensable)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly recommended
Example:
a book that is must reading
Classified under:
Similar:
essential (basic and fundamental)
Context examples:
A property indicating that a food component must be taken into the body preformed and in sufficient quantity to meet the body's needs for growth, reproduction and/or maintenance of health.
(Nutrient, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
It is water-soluble (can dissolve in water) and must be taken in daily.
(Niacinamide, NCI Dictionary)
Must be a tame wolf, I reckon.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Some must be administered before the event, but others may be effective for some time after.
(Neuroprotective Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
But my account of this voyage must be referred to the Second Part of my Travels.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Comprehensive Cancer Centers must also conduct activities in outreach and education, and provide information on advances in health care for both health care professionals and the public.
(NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Jane, you don't understand these things: children must be corrected for their faults.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It struck me that the whole proceeding could hardly be for the purpose of making a fool of me, and that the main object must be to get out of the rent.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the little woman evidently expected her to answer; so Dorothy said, with hesitation, "You are very kind, but there must be some mistake. I have not killed anything."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The picture I present to you is peaceful and human, and you must feel that you could deny it only in the wantonness of power and cruelty.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
