will

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Pronunciation
/wɪl/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
2 Definition

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Example Sentences
  • Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
3 Definition

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Example Sentences
  • Most creatures have a will to live.
4 Definition

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.

5 Definition

That which is desired; one's wish.

6 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Do what you will.
2 Definition

(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

3 Definition

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

4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine.
5 Definition

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

6 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7 Definition

(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".

8 Definition

To wish, desire.

9 Definition

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

10 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
11 Definition

To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Example Sentences
  • He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.