must in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.must1 <nég must not, mustn't> [Brit mʌst, Am məst] VB mod When must indicates obligation or necessity, French tends to use either the verb devoir or the impersonal construction il faut que + subjunctive: I must go = je dois partir, il faut que je parte. For examples and particular usages see I. 1. and I. 3. below. See also haveand the related usage note.
When must expresses assumptions or probability, the verb devoir is always used: it must strike you as odd that = ça doit te sembler bizarre que (+ subj). See I. 7. below for further examples.
For the conjugation of devoir, see the French verb tables.

1. must (indicating obligation, prohibition):

must we really be up by 7 am?

3. must (stressing importance, necessity):

I must ask you not to smoke
I feel I must tell you that
it must be said that
I must say I was impressed
very nice, I must say! iron

7. must (expressing assumption, probability):

II.must1 [Brit mʌst, Am məst] N

See also have

I.have [Brit hav, Am hæv, həv, (ə)v] VB trans

10. have (cause to be done):

II.have [Brit hav, Am hæv, həv, (ə)v] VB mod

III.have [Brit hav, Am hæv, həv, (ə)v] VB aux

must2 [Brit mʌst, Am məst] N (grape juice)

I.must-have [Am ˈməsthæv] inf N

II.must-have [Am ˈməsthæv] inf ADJ

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Consequently, diesel fuel must have a high flash point and a low autoignition temperature.
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Instead, students in traditional settings are treated as learners who must be infused with more and more complex forms of information.
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The contestant must stay on the board long enough to jump off it to a platform at the end.
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It is the point that must penetrate fish flesh and secure the fish.
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When it is not known in advance that the sequence of points defines a simple polygon, the following things must be kept in mind.
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In many cases, hazardous materials must be removed prior to disposing of the wreck.
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Hospitals and ambulance services near to where the jellyfish live possess it, and must be contacted as soon as possible.
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In the mle that ensues, the filmstrip is broken and the animator must safety pin it back together to finish the cartoon.
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One must carefully consider semiotics and the evaluation of sign systems to compare cross-cultural norms of communication.
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While everyone has feelings of inferiority and strive to overcome them, to be called a complex, the feeling or striving must be pathological in nature.
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