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Definition of 'will'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (auxiliary verb.) will
am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:
I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner.

2.  will
am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:
People will do right.

3.  will
am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:
You will report to the principal at once.

4.  will
may be expected or supposed to:
You will not have forgotten him.

5.  will
am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):
People will talk.

6.  will
am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:
She would write for hours at a time.

7.  will
am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:
Tyrants will be tyrants.

8.  will
am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:
This tree will live without water for three months.

9. (v.i.) will
to wish; desire; like:
Take what you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is.

10. (n.) will
the faculty of conscious and particularly of deliberate action:
the freedom of the will.

11.  will
power of choosing one's own actions:
to have a strong will.

12.  will
the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
My hands are obedient to my will.

13.  will
wish or desire:
to submit against one's will.

14.  will
purpose or determination:
to have the will to succeed.

15.  will
the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
to work one's will.

16.  will
disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.

17.  will
a legal document in which a person specifies the disposition of his or her property after death. Compare testament.

18. (v.t.) will
to decide upon, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of will:
He can walk if he wills it.

19.  will
to purpose, determine on, or elect by act of will:
If you will success, you can find it.

20.  will
to dispose of (property) by a will; bequeath.

21.  will
to influence by or as if by exerting will power:
I willed her to survive the crisis.

22. (v.i.) will
to exercise the will.

23.  will
to decide or determine:
Others debate, but the king wills.

24.  will
at will, as one desires; whenever one chooses:
to wander off at will.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME will(e), OE will(a), c. OS willio, OHG willo, ON vili, Go wilja; akin to will¹)

Definition of 'will'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) volition, will
the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
"the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith

2. (noun) will
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
"where there's a will there's a way"

3. (verb) will, testament
a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

4. (verb) will
decree or ordain
"God wills our existence"

5. (verb) will
determine by choice
"This action was willed and intended"

6. (verb) bequeath, will, leave
leave or give by will after one's death
"My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

Definition of 'will'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1.  will
indicates sth that is going to happen in the future
I will meet you at 2:00.; She'll be happy when she hears the news.; We won't finish before 4:00.

2.  will
indicates a willingness or ability
People will probably want to buy it.; These jeans won't fit her.

3.  will
used to ask or offer politely
Will you play bingo with me?; Will you help me with this?; Will you have some cake with your coffee?

4.  will
indicates a rule or order
You will report to the office by 9 a.m.

5.  will
indicates what happens in a particular situation
If the load is too heavy, the boat will sink.; Food will rot quickly in this heat.

6. (verb) will
to use your thoughts to try to control sth
He willed himself not to cry.

7. (noun) will
determination to do or achieve what you want
his strong will to succeed; He had lost the will to live.

8.  will
against sb's will
an official document stating who gets your money and possessions when you die
to make/write a will; She left him the house in her will.

Definition of 'will'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) will
to wish; to desire; to incline to have

2. (adverb) will
as an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination

3. (noun) will
to form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree

4. (noun) will
to enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order

5. (noun) will
to give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch

6.  will
the power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects

7.  will
the choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition

8.  will
the choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure

9.  will
strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose

10.  will
that which is strongly wished or desired

11.  will
arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine

12.  will
the legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1

13. (verb) will
to be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire

14. (verb) will
to exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree

Translation of 'will'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the mental power by which one controls one's thought, actions and decisions Do you believe in freedom of the will?
Afrikaans: wil	Arabic: إرادَه	Bulgarian: воля
Brazilian: vontade	Czech: vůle	German: der Wille
Danish: vilje	Greek: θέληση, βούληση	Spanish: voluntad, albedrío
Estonian: tahe	Farsi: اراده	Finnish: tahto
French: volonté	Hebrew: רָצוֹן	Hindi: इच्छा
Croatian: volja	Hungarian: akarat	Indonesian: kemauan
Icelandic: vilji	Italian: volontà	Japanese: 意志
Korean: 의지	Lithuanian: valia	Latvian: griba
Malay: kebebasan bertindak	Dutch: wil	Norwegian: vilje
Polish: wola	Persian: اراده	Pashto: ميل، خواهش، اراده، عزم، ټ
Portuguese: vontade	Romanian: voinţă	Russian: воля
Slovak: vôľa	Slovenian: volja	Serbian: volja
Swedish: vilja	Thai: การตัดสินใจ	Turkish: istenç, irade
Taiwanese: 意志	Ukrainian: воля	Urdu: خواہش
Vietnamese: ý chí	Chinese: 意志
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