will

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will
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Meanings
verb
  • expressing the future tense.
    E.g. you will regret it when you are older
  • expressing inevitable events.
    E.g. accidents will happen
  • expressing a request.
    E.g. will you stop here, please
  • expressing facts about ability or capacity.
    E.g. a rock so light that it will float on water
  • expressing habitual behaviour.
    E.g. she will dance for hours
  • expressing probability or expectation about something in the present.
    E.g. they will be miles away by now
noun
  • the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.
    E.g. she has an iron will
  • a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death.
verb
  • make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.
    E.g. reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back
  • intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen.
    E.g. their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it
  • bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will.
    E.g. his father willed the farm to Mr Timms

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