Definition of "will"
- verb
To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
To wish, desire.
To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
To habitually do (a given action).
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
To wish, desire (something).
- noun
A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
The act of choosing to do something; a person's conscious intent or volition.
That which is desired; one's wish.
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.).
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