Would be is a phrase or term that is commonly used in India where a man or woman who has got engaged and is about to be married is referred to as a would be husband or would be wife of his or her spouse.
The modern equivalent is “wanna-be wife“. ‘Wife-to-be’ means that she will be his wife in the future. It assumes the wedding is planned, or at least agreed to. ‘Future wife’ would be a synonym, and ‘fiance’ would be normal.
Would be wife is called as in English?
fiancée
A woman who is to be married; a fiancée.
What is would be husband called?
Future brides and grooms may be called fiancée (feminine) or fiancé (masculine), the betrothed, a wife-to-be or husband-to-be, respectively.
Would be married couple meaning?
Two people who are married to each other; often a husband and wife.
Would be and fiancé meaning?
The term fiancé comes from French word fiancer that means to promise with engagement, literally meaning the man has promised to marry the woman in the future. • Would be is a term that is used only in India to refer to future husband or wife.
Would be of meaning?
: desiring, intending, professing, or having the potential to be a would-be actor.
Why is a wife necessary?
This makes her the most important human in your life on this planet. Flowing on from the first point, a wife should be the first person I turn to, in a human sense, for comfort, support, companionship, advice, care and love. This makes her the most important, valuable person to me on the planet.
What is the word for a wife to be?
What is another word for wife-to-be?
| fiancee | bride |
|---|---|
| bride-to-be | fiancé |
| groom-to-be | prospective wife |
| wife- | future husband |
| prospective husband | engaged woman |
What is slang for wife?
Synonyms. ball and chain (slang) better half (idiomatic) bride.
Would be husband would be?
A “would-be-husband” is someone who would like to be your husband, but you haven’t made a commitment, and perhaps would never consider marrying him. (This applies to a “would-be” anything. It only depends on the wishes of the person who “would be” something, and perhaps no one else agrees.)
What to use instead of would be?
What is another word for would-be?
| budding | potential |
|---|---|
| developing | manque |
| probable | could-be |
| hypothetical | determined |
| committed | driven |
What’s a future spouse?
Noun. A man who is engaged to be married. fiancé betrothed. intended.
How do you call a married couple?
married couple
- Mr. and Mrs.
- bride and groom.
- cohabitants.
- man and woman.
- wedded pair.
How do you wish a married life?
Examples:
- Best wishes!
- We’re/I’m so happy for you!
- Wishing you lots of love and happiness.
- Wishing you a long and happy marriage.
- Wishing you the best today and always.
- So happy to celebrate this day with you both!
- Best wishes for a fun-filled future together.
- Wishing you fulfillment of every dream!
What is another word for married couple?
What is another word for married couple?
| man and wife | bride and groom |
|---|---|
| cohabitants | man and woman |
| Mr. and Mrs. | wedded pair |
Is my girlfriend my fiancé or fiancée?
These two words are borrowed directly from French, in which language they have equivalent but gendered meanings: fiancé refers to a man who is engaged to be married, and fiancée refers to a woman.
Is my boyfriend my fiancé or fiancée?
Once you’re engaged, your boyfriend becomes your fiancé.
However, you are his fiancée. The slight difference in spelling stems from their French origins. In fact, French spelling conventions assign different word endings based on the word’s gender (one “e” for males and two “e“s for females).
What does a girl call her future husband?
If you are promised to a woman, she is your fiancée. A future husband is a fiancé.
Who is a would be?
intended to bewould-be generosity. noun. derogatory a person who wants or professes to be something that he is not. Indian the person to whom one is is engaged to be married; fiancé or fiancée. © 2022 Dictionary.com, LLC.
Would be meaning grammar?
would is the past tense form of will. Because it is a past tense, it is used: to talk about the past. to talk about hypotheses (when we imagine something)
Contents
- 1 Would be wife or to be wife?
- 2 Would be wife is called as in English?
- 3 What is would be husband called?
- 4 Would be married couple meaning?
- 5 Would be and fiancé meaning?
- 6 Would be of meaning?
- 7 Why is a wife necessary?
- 8 What is the word for a wife to be?
- 9 What is slang for wife?
- 10 Would be husband would be?
- 11 What to use instead of would be?
- 12 What’s a future spouse?
- 13 How do you call a married couple?
- 14 How do you wish a married life?
- 15 What is another word for married couple?
- 16 Is my girlfriend my fiancé or fiancée?
- 17 Is my boyfriend my fiancé or fiancée?
- 18 What does a girl call her future husband?
- 19 Who is a would be?
- 20 Would be meaning grammar?
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#1
«I met Sara today, your would-be wife.»
«I met Sara today, your wife to-be.»
So in the first example, Sara would like to be your wife or simply will never be for some reason, while in the second, Say will soon be your wife. Am I right?
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#2
Correct. Your wife to be means Your future wife.
(Of course, there is nothing certain about the future. )
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#3
And do these two make sense?
«We sell all sorts of things for parents-to-be.» (for those already expecting a child, being pregnant)
«We offer help for would-be parents» (For those who have trouble getting pregnant)
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#4
They make sense, although your explanation of would-be does not cover all possibilities.
For example, they may simply want/desire to be parents (and decide to adopt a child from a foreign country — pregnancy does not come into it).
(Note all sorts of things)
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#5
Thanks. Yes, I edited the mistake.
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#6
And can I say «This is a great school for would-be artists.»? Doesn’t it sound like those who attend would love to be artists but they will/may never be?
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#7
If you are not an artist and your aim is to become one, would-be artist is neutral. You may never become one, of course.
But the adjective can be used in a derogatory way, meaning someone who does not have the ability to achieve their goal.
For example, a would-be writer.
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#8
If you are not an artist and your aim is to become one, would-be artist is neutral.
So that example with school is fine, right?
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#9
It depends on the context, but I would not understand it as derogatory or that they are chasing an impossible goal. They simply desire to become artists.
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#10
To me, a ‘would-be X’ is a person who would like to be an X. There’s no way of knowing whether that will happen.
A person who is an ‘X-to-be’ will be an X unless something really unusual happens.
A parent-to-be is a person who is pregnant (or whose spouse is pregnant) or who is well along in the process of adoption.
A would-be artist is someone who wants to be an artist. Whether they have any skill or talent is unknown.
An indulgent grandmother who says «Look at that blue scribble my grandson made on the wall! It is so evocative of the immensity of the universe! He is definitely an artist-to-be.» is fantasizing.
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#11
Longman gives this short phrase as an example, «a would-be murderer». Now does that person see themselves as a future/potential murderer or do other people see them that way and think he or she might be able to kill?
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#12
I find it hard to find a context for a would-be murderer, since why would anyone wish to appear to others to be a murderer.
The first definition in the OED is Of persons: That would be; wishing to be; posing as.
The last phrase (posing as) could mean pretending to be. But again why should anyone pretend to be this?
The only meaning I can attach to the phrase is someone who wants to kill someone else, or who tries to kill someone and does not succeed.
This is one of the examples I found on the internet (my underlining):
«But what about lying to prevent someone from being killed? Suppose that a
would-be murderer
comes to our door
and they are looking for a person they intend to kill, who happens to be hiding in our house. They ask us if we know
where that person is. Should we tell them the truth or a lie?»
(The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects)
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#13
If a person’s ambition is to murder people, then they are a would-be murderer in their own mind. A person who engages in an act that will result in murder is a would-be murderer if they are stopped before dealing the fatal blow.
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#14
«But what about lying to prevent someone from being killed? Suppose that a
would-be murderer
comes to our door
and they are looking for a person they intend to kill. «
In Polish we would say «a potential murderer comes…». Would that fit and mean the same?
In the US, I’ve seen the term would be X referring to something that would have, under given circumstances, been something, but for some reason, it didn’t come to be this way. For example, a would be doctor might refer to someone who was studying and was ready to receive their doctorate, but then suffered an accident that caused this person to miss their final exam, thus (in this case, temporarily) denying them this status.
In that sense, I don’t believe that in the case of certain future marriage, you can use this idiomatically to mean husband/wife to be. But as far as your second question, the term X to be can be applied to anything that will become that thing.
Here’s a short, quick list of examples using X to be:
Graduate to be
Someone who will soon graduate from a universityHusband to be
A man who will soon be marriedLawyer to be
Someone who, presumably, will become a lawyer in the near future
…and so on.
Keep in mind that here, using X to be, you are referring to a title, status, or other such stature. Adjectives don’t work there. It is unnatural to say happy to be, for example, with this meaning.
These examples may contain rude words based on your search.
These examples may contain colloquial words based on your search.
жена будет
жена была бы
жену будут
жене будет
жену изнасилуют
You have mentioned in point 1 that your wife would be travelling with you.
Вы упомянули в пункте 1, что ваша жена будет путешествовать с вами.
Since I work my wife would be the one to go alone to get the passport application.
Так как я работаю моя жена будет самой идти в одиночку чтобы получить заявление о выдаче паспорта.
I am sure your wife would be very happy to read that.
Уверен, твоя жена была бы счастлива узнать об этом.
Of course, a wife would be nice, but how can you pick just one wife out of all these beautiful young dream girls.
Конечно, жена была бы хороша, но как вы можете выбрать одну жену из всех этих красивых девушек мечты.
Yu knew he and his wife would be targeted again, so they made a run for it.
Г-н Юй понимал, что его и жену будут преследовать снова, поэтому они решили бежать.
Well, I hope the fact that you both love sports doesn’t mean that anyone like, say, his wife would be judged unfairly.
Ну, надеюсь то, что вы оба любите спорт не значит, что кого-нибудь например, его жену будут нечестно судить.
Most likely, your wife would be allowed to drop the course or transfer to another section with a different instructor without significant incident.
Скорее всего, ваша жена будет разрешено сбрасывать ход или перенести в другой раздел с другим преподавателем без существенных инцидентов.
My wife would be a widow, and my son fatherless.
Моя жена будет вдовой, а сын расти без отца.
More importantly, my wife would be devastated.
And if I get it wrong, my wife would be lost forever.
Если я ошибусь, моя жена будет потеряна навсегда.
I hoped that the wife would be next…
Well, I told her that my wife would be home in five minutes, so she left.
Ну, я сказал ей, что моя жена будет дома через пять минут, и она ушла.
My wife would be happy too!
Sir, join us for a photograph sorry my wife would be really happy
Присоединитесьь к нам на фотографии извините моя жена будет очень рада
My wife would be delighted to meet you.
The reality is that your wife would be HAPPIER if she gave you head every day, she just doesn’t know it, yet.
Реальность такова, что ваша жена была бы счастливее, если бы она дала вам голову каждый день, она просто еще этого не знает.
We thought his wife would be the next logical target, especially if she left him, but if it’s other men, he could blame them for breaking up his marriage.
Мы думали, его жена будет следующей логической целью, особенно если она оставила его, но если это другие мужчины, он мог бы их обвинить в том, что его брак распался.
Therefore, there is no pair, in which husband and wife would be 100% compatible.
Поэтому не найдется пары, в которой муж и жена были бы на 100% совместимы.
There would be a day when he and his wife would be together again.
Будущего, в котором он и его родители снова будут вместе.
He and his wife would be the tenth couple taken overall.
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