will

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
2. To be able to, to have the capacity to.
3. Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
4. To habitually do (a given action).
5. To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
6. To wish, desire (something).
7. To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
8. Implying will go.

wil

testament

uiterste wil

wilsbeschikking

laatste wilsbeschikking

legateren

bij testament nalaten

last will

emotion

want to

be going to

require

will-power

able to

draw up a will

human heart

I hope

intend to

I think

mental state

Testament

wish for

I fear

moral support

dying instructions

last request

testamentary letter

desire of doing

inclination of mind

mental resolve

letters testamentary

meaning

bulesis

ability

be about to

in a little while

it seems

near future

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wɪl/

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”). Cognate with Dutch willen, Low German willen, German wollen, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk vilja, Norwegian Bokmål ville, Latin velle (“wish”, verb), Latin volo, French vouloir, Italian volere, and Albanian vel (“to satisfy, be stuffed”). The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 3, below.