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will

/wɪl/

Phonetics

/wɪl/

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verb

  • (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).

    Example: Do what you will.
  • (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

  • (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

  • (auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.

    Example: I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.
  • (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

  • (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

    Example: Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
  • (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".


will

/wɪl/

Phonetics

/wɪl/

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noun

  • One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

    Example: Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
  • One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

    Example: Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
  • The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

    Example: Most creatures have a will to live.
  • Law A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

  • That which is desired; one's wish.

  • Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

    Example: He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

will

/wɪl/

Phonetics

/wɪl/

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verb

  • To wish, desire.

  • To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

  • To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

    Example: All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
  • To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

    Example: He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.