beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
will beg
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future tenseof beg.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Until the stock trades a new high, however, the market will beg to disagree.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
“It will beg the question of the senior staff, why are you here? Why do we need to promote you? Why do you need a raise when you’re flaunting things like that?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
The Lions face a Test-quality A team on Wednesday and South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says he will "beg" for a repeat on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2021
They will beg you to get outraged and click “retweet.”
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2020
“I’m ruined! The General will never come here again. I’ll go out of business, and my children will beg in the streets.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
