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How to pronounce will
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What does will mean?
verbUsed to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
“Do not forget, will you?”
To be able to, to have the capacity to.
“Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.”
Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
“He will be home by now. He always gets home before 6 o'clock.”
nounOne's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
“Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.”
The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
“Most creatures have a will to live.”
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
“Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.”
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