Definition/Meaning of will

• English - Verb: will (third-person singular simple present will, present participle willing, simple past would, no past participle) (auxiliary, no past participle) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall . Do not forget, will you? I' ll hold that for you, sha ll I? (auxiliary, no past participle) To be able to, to…
• English - Noun: will (plural wills) One's independent faculty of choice ; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention . Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition . Most creatures have a will to live. 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English willen , wullen , wollen , from Old English willan (“to want”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ill, weel , well , will, woul , wull (“will”), North Frisian wale , wel (“to want”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian wolle (“to want”), Alemannic German…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /wɪl/ , [wɪo̯] , [wɪʊ̯] (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: [wɪɫ] Rhymes: -ɪl
• English - Synonyms: determination firmness resoluteness resolve testament last will last will and testament bequeath leave