auxiliary verb,present singular 1st personwill,2ndwill or (Archaic) wilt,3rdwill,present pluralwill;past singular 1st personwould,2ndwould or (Archaic) wouldst,3rdwould,past pluralwould;past participle (Obsolete) wold or would;imperative, infinitive, and present participle lacking.
am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner.
am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right.
am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once.
may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right.
am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk.
am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: You will often see her sitting there. He would write for hours at a time.
am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Boys will be boys. After dinner they would read aloud.
am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months.
am (is, are, etc.) going to: I will bid you “Good night.”
verb (used with or without object),present singular 1st personwill,2ndwill or (Archaic) wilt,3rdwill,present pluralwill;past singular 1st personwould,2ndwould or (Archaic) wouldst,3rdwould,past pluralwould;past participle (Obsolete) wold or would;imperative, infinitive, and present participle lacking.
to wish; desire; like: Go where you will.Ask, if you will, who the owner is.
Origin of will
1
First recorded before 900; Middle English willen, Old English wyllan; cognate with Dutch willen, German wollen, Old Norse vilja, Gothic wiljan; akin to Latin velle “to wish”
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will.
power of choosing one's own actions: to have a strong or a weak will.
the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will.
wish or desire: to submit against one's will.
purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed.
the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one's will.
disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
Law.
a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses.
the document containing such a declaration.
verb (used with object),willed,will·ing.
to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will: He can walk if he wills it.
to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will: If he wills success, he can find it.
to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions: She was willed to walk the tightrope by the hypnotist.
verb (used without object),willed,will·ing.
to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills.
Origin of will
2
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English will(e),Old English will(a); cognate with Dutch wil,German Wille,Old Norse vili,Gothic wilja; (verb) Middle English willen,Old English willian “to wish, desire,” derivative of the noun; akin to will1
SYNONYMS FOR will
3 choice.
4 pleasure, disposition, inclination.
5 resolution, decision.
9 determine.
11 leave.
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5. Will,volition refer to conscious choice as to action or thought. Will denotes fixed and persistent intent or purpose: Where there's a will there's a way.Volition is the power of forming an intention or the incentive for using the will: to exercise one's volition in making a decision.
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