you'd

American  

[yood, yood, yuhd] / jud, jʊd, jəd /

1. contraction of you had:

   Sorry we missed you—you'd already left by the time we arrived.

2. contraction of you would:

   You'd be foolish to pass up such an offer.

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you'd British  

/ jʊd, juːd /

contraction

1. you had or you would

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

you'd

But you'd have had to have invested your £50,000 in a typical global fund just under 38 years ago for it to be worth £1m today, according to Sarah Coles, of investment firm AJ Bell.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Atomic weapons are an extinction-level threat, so you’d ideally want a steady hand guiding U.S. nuclear policy.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

What device you use for a job interview could signal to a recruiter how you’d adapt to the environment and culture you are seeking to enter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

But what’s happened since is so shocking that you’d be forgiven for wondering if Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski had been cloned in a lab at MIT.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

If you lined up a gallery of these doctors' portraits, you'd see a long row of wise faces, satin waistcoats, gold watch chains, and side-whiskers.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman