will

Meaning

Verb

1. (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.
2. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
3. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
4. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To habitually do (a given action).
5. (auxiliary, no-past-participle) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
6. (literary, no-past-participle, transitive, uncommon) To wish, desire (something).
7. (archaic, intransitive, no-past-participle) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
8. (archaic, no-past-participle) Implying will go.

Noun

1. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
2. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
3. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
4. Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
5. A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
6. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
7. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

Synonyms

wish

testament

desire

intention

volition

shall

want

mind

determination

bequeath

pleasure

willingness

must

inclination

aspiration

leave

ambition

willing

heart

❤️

may

order

opinion

resolution

willpower

would

soon

🔜

future

purpose

command

ought to

love

❤️

devise

intend

last will

hope

spirit

resolve

enthusiasm

ideal

should

going to

authority

attitude

choice

request

morale

motive

discretion

might

plan

Translations

volonté

Wille

voluntad

volontà

testament

vouloir

vontade

testamento

wollen

wil

Testament

testamento

testament

querer

voluntat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: willen

Inherited from Old English: willan

Cognate with Dutch: willen

Cognate with Low German: willen

Cognate with German: wollen

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: vilja

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: ville

Cognate with Latin: velle

Cognate with Latin: volo

Cognate with French: vouloir

Cognate with Italian: volere

Cognate with Albanian: vel

Inherited from Middle English: wille

Inherited from Old English: willa

Cognate with Dutch: wil

Cognate with German: Wille

Cognate with Swedish: vilja

Cognate with Norwegian: vilje

Inherited from Old English: willian

Cognate with German: willen

In summary

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, Danish ville, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk vilja, Norwegian Bokmål ville, Latin velle (“wish”, verb), Latin volo, French vouloir, Italian volere, Ukrainian воля (volja, “freedom, liberty, will”), Ukrainian вільний (vilʹnyj, “free”), Ukrainian воліти (volity, “to will, to prefer”), Ukrainian веліти (velity, “to will, to order, to command”) and Albanian vel (“to satisfy, be stuffed”). The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 3, below.

Sentences

You will never be able to escape from your heart .

But the Judge of all the earth will surely do right .

And tomorrow night , they will come into my possession .

The primary election will be held in June .

The will reveals the existence of a love affair .

" If good things are coming , they will be a pleasant surprise ," said the seer .