they'd

Meanings

1. 1
   contraction

   a contraction of they had when had is an auxiliary verb

   They'd already left when the message arrived.

2. 2
   contraction

   a contraction of they would

   They'd help us if we asked them.

A contraction of they + had or would. The reduced auxiliary is represented by apostrophe-d, and the surrounding grammar determines which full form is intended.

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