wills

/wษชlz/

IPA: /W IH1 L Z/

noun
  1. 1

    One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

    โ€œOf course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.โ€

  2. 2

    One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

    โ€œEventually I submitted to my parents' will.โ€

  3. 3

    The act of choosing to do something; a personโ€™s conscious intent or volition.

    โ€œMost creatures have a will to live.โ€

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    That which is desired; one's wish.

  6. 6

    Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

    โ€œHe felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To wish, desire.

  2. 2

    To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

  3. 3

    To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

    โ€œAll the fans were willing their team to win the game.โ€

  4. 4

    To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

    โ€œHe willed his stamp collection to the local museum.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/will, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wills