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What does should've mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word should've? Here's what it means.

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  1. Contraction of should and have.
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Ronin surmised that no one had escaped the fight unscathed, and he began wondering if he should've called a retreat in the first place.
However, I am slightly peeved at myself as I should've done some of these application forms on Monday.
Later we realised we should've had the subtitles on so we could catch all the words to their squeaky little songs.
He even spelt some words wrong, and maybe he should've just used the computer spellchecker.
You should've seen the look on Tony's face, standing on the rostrum waiting for the receiving officer.
Our conversation lulled momentarily, and I finally thought to ask him the one question that should've been the most obvious to me.

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