Definitions for Will

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Will will

Spelling: [wil]

IPA: /wɪl/

Will is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in Will (illw).

Definitions for Will

noun

1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
2. power of choosing one's own actions:
3. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
4. wish or desire:
5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness:
6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
7. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another.
8. Law. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses. the document containing such a declaration.
9. a male given name, form of William.
10. Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
11. his brother, William Henry ("Will") 1873–1948, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
12. a male given name.

Idioms

1. at will, at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: at one's disposal or command.

auxiliary verb

1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to:
2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to:
3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to:
4. may be expected or supposed to:
5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically):
6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often:
7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to:
8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can:
9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: .

verb (used with object)

1. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will:
2. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will:
3. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise.
4. to influence by exerting control over someone's impulses and actions:

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise the will:
2. to decide or determine:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to wish; desire; like:

Origin of Will

before 900; Middle English willen, Old English wyllan; cognate with Dutch willen, German wollen, Old Norse vilja, Gothic wiljan; akin to Latin velle to wish