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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Shall \Shall\, v. i. & auxiliary. [imp. Should.] [OE. shal,
     schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged,
     imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres.
     skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen, pres. zal, imp. zoude, zou,
     OHG. solan, scolan, pres. scal, sol. imp. scolta, solta, G.
     sollen, pres. soll, imp. sollte, Icel. skulu, pres. skal,
     imp. skyldi, SW. skola, pres. skall, imp. skulle, Dan.
     skulle, pres. skal, imp. skulde, Goth. skulan, pres. skal,
     imp. skulda, and to AS. scyld guilt, G. schuld guilt, fault,
     debt, and perhaps to L. scelus crime.]
  
     Note: [Shall is defective, having no infinitive, imperative,
           or participle.]
     1. To owe; to be under obligation for. [Obs.] ``By the faith
        I shall to God'' --Court of Love.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be obliged; must. [Obs.] ``Me athinketh [I am sorry]
        that I shall rehearse it her.'' --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose
        obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you
        shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your
        going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and
        third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the
        auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more
        imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It
        is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, ``the
        day shall come when . . ., '' since a promise or threat
        and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in
        significance. In shall with the first person, the
        necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing
        elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we
        shall see; and there is always a less distinct and
        positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by
        will. ``I shall go'' implies nearly a simple futurity;
        more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going,
        in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or
        intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the
        event is described as certain to occur, and the expression
        approximates in meaning to our emphatic ``I will go.'' In
        a question, the relation of speaker and source of
        obligation is of course transferred to the person
        addressed; as, ``Shall you go?'' (answer, ``I shall go'');
        ``Shall he go?'' i. e., ``Do you require or promise his
        going?'' (answer, ``He shall go''.) The same relation is
        transferred to either second or third person in such
        phrases as ``You say, or think, you shall go;'' ``He says,
        or thinks, he shall go.'' After a conditional conjunction
        (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express
        futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are
        right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection
        and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also
        expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it
        whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in
        our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in
        all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will,
        v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an
        adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be
        omitted. ``He to England shall along with you.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Shall and will are often confounded by inaccurate
           speakers and writers. Say: I shall be glad to see you.
           Shall I do this? Shall I help you? (not Will I do
           this?) See Will.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Shall \Shall\, v. i. & auxiliary. [imp. Should.] [OE. shal,
     schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged,
     imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres.
     skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen, pres. zal, imp. zoude, zou,
     OHG. solan, scolan, pres. scal, sol. imp. scolta, solta, G.
     sollen, pres. soll, imp. sollte, Icel. skulu, pres. skal,
     imp. skyldi, SW. skola, pres. skall, imp. skulle, Dan.
     skulle, pres. skal, imp. skulde, Goth. skulan, pres. skal,
     imp. skulda, and to AS. scyld guilt, G. schuld guilt, fault,
     debt, and perhaps to L. scelus crime.]
  
     Note: [Shall is defective, having no infinitive, imperative,
           or participle.]
     1. To owe; to be under obligation for. [Obs.] ``By the faith
        I shall to God'' --Court of Love.
  
     2. To be obliged; must. [Obs.] ``Me athinketh [I am sorry]
        that I shall rehearse it her.'' --Chaucer.
  
     3. As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose
        obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you
        shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your
        going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and
        third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the
        auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more
        imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It
        is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, ``the
        day shall come when . . ., '' since a promise or threat
        and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in
        significance. In shall with the first person, the
        necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing
        elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we
        shall see; and there is always a less distinct and
        positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by
        will. ``I shall go'' implies nearly a simple futurity;
        more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going,
        in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or
        intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the
        event is described as certain to occur, and the expression
        approximates in meaning to our emphatic ``I will go.'' In
        a question, the relation of speaker and source of
        obligation is of course transferred to the person
        addressed; as, ``Shall you go?'' (answer, ``I shall go'');
        ``Shall he go?'' i. e., ``Do you require or promise his
        going?'' (answer, ``He shall go''.) The same relation is
        transferred to either second or third person in such
        phrases as ``You say, or think, you shall go;'' ``He says,
        or thinks, he shall go.'' After a conditional conjunction
        (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express
        futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are
        right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection
        and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also
        expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it
        whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in
        our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in
        all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will,
        v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an
        adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be
        omitted. ``He to England shall along with you.'' --Shak.
  
     Note: Shall and will are often confounded by inaccurate
           speakers and writers. Say: I shall be glad to see you.
           Shall I do this? Shall I help you? (not Will I do
           this?) See Will.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     vb.
     1 (non-gloss definition: Used before a verb to indicate the simple
  future tense in the first person singular or plural.)
     2 (non-gloss definition: Used similarly to indicate determination or
  obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.)
     3 (non-gloss definition: Used in questions with the first person
  singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.)
     4 (lb en obsolete) To owe.
     Yola vb.
     (alt form yol shell)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     vb.
     1 (non-gloss definition: Used before a verb to indicate the simple
  future tense in the first person singular or plural.)
     2 (non-gloss definition: Used similarly to indicate determination or
  obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.)
     3 (non-gloss definition: Used in questions with the first person
  singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.)
     4 (lb en obsolete) To owe.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     vb.
     1 (non-gloss definition: Used before a verb to indicate the simple
  future tense in the first person singular or plural.)
     2 (non-gloss definition: Used similarly to indicate determination or
  obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.)
     3 (non-gloss definition: Used in questions with the first person
  singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.)
     4 (lb en obsolete) To owe.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     vb.
     1 (non-gloss definition: Used before a verb to indicate the simple
  future tense in the first person singular or plural.)
     2 (non-gloss definition: Used similarly to indicate determination or
  obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.)
     3 (non-gloss definition: Used in questions with the first person
  singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.)
     4 (lb en obsolete) To owe.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     Englanti vb.
     1 (taivm-teksti: futuurin apuverbi yksikön ja monikon 1. persoonan
  kysymyksissä); aikoa
     2 (yhteys k=en kirjakieltä oikeustiede) pitää, jonkun on määrä
     3 (yhteys k=en kirjakieltä) (taivm-teksti: futuurin apuverbi
  toteavassa lauseessa); aikoa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shall
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg kat=modala hjälpverb språk=en) modalt hjälpverb som används
  före ett verb för att indikera futurum, främst i första person i
  singular eller plural
     2 används på samma sätt för att indikera beslutsamhet eller
  skyldighet, speciellt i andra och tredje person singular och plural
     3 används i frågor för att föreslå en möjlig framtida händelse.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shall /ʃˈal/
  س

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
  chystám se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shall /ʃˈal/ 
  muset

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shall /ʃˈal/ 
  musím

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
  sollen 
        "he/she shall"  - er/sie/es soll
        "he/she/it shall not"  - er/sie/es soll nicht
     Synonym: should
  
   see: I should, I shall, you should, you shall, he/she/it shan't, I/he/she ought to, I ought to go., How would that work?, The game shows its age, but what of it? It's fun., shalt
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
   [obs.] werden 
           Note: Zukunft
     Synonym: will
  
   see: I will, I'll, I shall, you will, you'll, you shall, we will, we'll, you will, they will, they'll, was, were, has, have, She's (just) turned twenty., She had her 20th birthday.
  
           Note: future

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
  
  θα

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shall /ʃˈal/ 
  1. ?
        "Shall we go to the party?"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
  jaki oblik, treba, trebati, će, ćemo, ću

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  shall //ʃ(ə)// //ʃəl// //ˈʃæl// 
  ましょうか, ようか
  in questions to suggest a possible future action

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  shall /ʃæl/
  gaan, zullen

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  shall //ʃ(ə)// //ʃəl// //ˈʃæl// 
  1. skulle 2.
  in questions to suggest a possible future action
   3.
  indicating determination or obligation
  2. skal
  indicating the simple future tense

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  shall /ʃəl/ /əl/ /ʃæl/ 
   1.  a. będzie
   b.
        "I shall do it"  - zrobię to
   c.
        "I shall not stay long"  - nie będę długo siedział
   2.  [form]  a. ma być, na pewno będzie
   b.
        "it shall be so"  - tak ma być
   3.  [w pytaniach: prośba]  a. ma być, ma
   b.
        "what shall I do?"  - co mam robić?
   4.  [w pytaniach: sugestia]  a. może
   b.
        "shall we go there?"  - może byśmy tam poszli?

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  shall //ʃ(ə)// //ʃəl// //ˈʃæl// 
  1. böra
  indicating determination or obligation
  2. skola 2.
  indicating the simple future tense
   3.
  in questions to suggest a possible future action

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shall /ʃˈal/
  1. (should) gelecek zaman kipini teskil eden yardımcı fiil, ecek. kararlılık: I pledge my life that they shall be free. Hür bırakılacaklarına hayatım üzerine ant içerim. söz verme: You shall have what you need. Ne gerekirse vereceğim. (emir): You shall not kill. Öldürmeyeceksin. kaçınılmazlık: Whatever shall be... Kısmet neyse...

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃæɫ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  conj. 将;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     aux. 将,将要;应该,必须

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