willing
Meaning
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Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
Synonyms
officious
wishful
be ready
free-will
good humored
willing and able
strong and agile
good humoured
good natured
Frequency
Hyphenated as
will‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪlɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
* (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian
New
will
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- Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- To habitually do (a given action).
- To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- To wish, desire (something).
- To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
- Implying will go.
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