'd

Contractions.

'd

1. Contraction of had. (marking the pluperfect tense).
2. (some dialectal) Contraction of had., possessed.
   • Polly Von

     She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan.

3. Contraction of would..

   I’d like to help, but I have no time.

4. (colloquial) Contraction of did..

   Hey, where’d everybody go? Why’d they take off?

   Why the hell'd you do that?

• 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.

• ’s (third person)
• ’ve
• ’ll