will

will · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Used to express the future tense.

  2. 2.

    Expressing willingness or consent.

  3. 3.

    Expressing a request.

  4. 4.

    Expressing probability or expectation.

  5. 5.

    Expressing habitual behavior.

  6. 6.

    The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.

  7. 7.

    A legal document specifying the distribution of property after death.

  8. 8.

    Determination; desire.

  9. 9.

    To intend or desire something to happen.

  10. 10.

    To bequeath in a will.

Related words

Antonyms: won't
See also: desire, shall, want, would
Synonyms: intend, shall

Etymology

From Old English "willan" meaning "to wish, be willing," from Proto-Germanic "wiljan," from Proto-Indo-European "wel-" meaning "to wish, will." The noun sense developed from the verb.