'd

Origin

Contractions.

Verb

verb form

1. .
2. (some dialects) , possessed.
• Polly VonShe'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan.
3. .I’d like to help, but I have no time.
4. (colloquial) .Hey, where’d everybody go? Why’d they take off?Why the hell'd you do that?

Usage notes

In most dialects, -’d is only used to mark the pluperfect tense (“I’d done something.”, “I had done something.”), and not to signify possession in the past (“I had something.”). Some dialects, however, use -’d for both.

Compare -'d.

Related terms

• 's (third person)
• 've
• 'll