will
/wษชl/IPA: /W IH1 L/
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(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).
โDo what you will.โ
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(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
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(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
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(auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.
โIโve told him three times, but he wonโt take his medicine.โ
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(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
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(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
โUnfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.โ
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(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
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One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
โOf course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.โ
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One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
โEventually I submitted to my parents' will.โ
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The act of choosing to do something; a personโs conscious intent or volition.
โMost creatures have a will to live.โ
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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.
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That which is desired; one's wish.
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Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
โHe felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.โ
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To wish, desire.
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To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
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To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
โAll the fans were willing their team to win the game.โ
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To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
โHe willed his stamp collection to the local museum.โ
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