- am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner.
- am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right.
- am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once.
- may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right.
- am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk.
- am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: You will often see her sitting there. He would write for hours at a time.
- am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Boys will be boys. After dinner they would read aloud.
- am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months.
- am (is, are, etc.) going to: I will bid you “Good night.”
- to wish; desire; like: Go where you will.Ask, if you will, who the owner is.
- the faculty of conscious and deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over one's actions: The teacher has chosen by her own will to create a whole new curriculum.
- power in choosing one's own actions: A major factor in success is whether you have have a strong or a weak will.
- the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will.
- wish or desire: We submit, but it's against our will.
- purpose or determination that is often hearty or stubborn; willfulness: The first step is to have the will to succeed.
- the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: The queen will work her will.
- disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
- Law.
- a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of their property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses.
- the document containing a declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of their property.
- to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will: He can make it in this industry if he wills it.
- to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of the mind or consciousness: If he wills success, he can find it.
- to give or dispose of (property) by a legal declaration or testament; bequeath or devise.
- to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions: She was willed to walk the tightrope by the hypnotist.
- to exercise the mind or conciousness: To will is not enough, one must do.
- to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills.
- at will,
- at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: to wander at will through the countryside.
- at one's disposal or command.
- a male given name, form of William.
- used as an auxiliary to make the future tense
- used as an auxiliary to express resolution on the part of the speaker
- used as an auxiliary to indicate willingness or desire
- used as an auxiliary to express compulsion, as in commands
- used as an auxiliary to express capacity or ability
- used as an auxiliary to express probability or expectation on the part of the speaker
- used as an auxiliary to express customary practice or inevitability
- used as an auxiliary to express desire: usually in polite requests
- whatever you like
- a declaration of willingness to do what is requested
- the faculty of conscious and deliberate choice of action; volition
- the act or an instance of asserting a choice
- the declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death
- a revocable instrument by which such wishes are expressed
- anything decided upon or chosen, esp by a person in authority; desire; wish
- determined intention
- disposition or attitude towards others
- at one's own desire, inclination, or choice
- heartily; energetically
- even with the best of intentions
- to exercise the faculty of volition in an attempt to accomplish (something)
- to give (property) by will to a person, society, etc
- to order or decree
- to choose or prefer
- to yearn for or desire
