will
Pronunciation
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- (modal) (intransitive) You use will to say that you strongly expect something to happen in the future.
- Don't worry. The sun will come up again tomorrow.
- (modal) (intransitive) If you will do something, you make a plan to do it.
- I will go to the store.
Verb
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- (transitive) If you will something to happen, you wish for it to happen.
- (transitive) If you will something to someone, you write down your plan to give it to them after your death.
- He willed his coin collection to his son.
Noun
change- (countable) A will is a statement about what you want to happen after you die.
- (uncountable) Will is the ability to push through difficulties.
- Synonyms: willpower, perseverance and determination
- His will states that the house will be inherited by his oldest son after his death.