will 1 (w?l)n.1. The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action: championed freedom of will against a doctrine of predetermination.2. a. Diligent purposefulness; determination: an athlete with the will to win.b. Self-control; self-discipline: lacked the will to overcome the addiction.3. A desire, purpose, or determination, especially of one in authority: It is the sovereign’s will that the prisoner be spared.4. Deliberate intention or wish: Let it be known that I took this course of action against my will.5. Free discretion; inclination or pleasure: wandered about, guided only by will.6. Bearing or attitude toward others; disposition: full of good will.7. a. A legal declaration of how a person wishes his or her possessions to be disposed of after death.b. A legally executed document containing this declaration.v. willed, will·ing, wills v.tr.1. a. To decide on or intend: He can finish the race if he wills it.b. To yearn for; desire: “She makes you will your own destruction” (George Bernard Shaw).c. To decree, dictate, or order: believed that the outcome was willed by the gods.2. To induce or try to induce by sheer force of will: We willed the sun to come out.3. a. To grant in a legal will; bequeath: willed his fortune to charity.b. To order to direct in a legal will: She willed that her money be given to charity.v.intr.1. To exercise the will.2. To make a choice; choose: Do as you will.Idiom: at will Just as or when one wishes.[Middle English, from Old English willa; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]will 2 (w?l)aux.v. Past tense would (wo?od) 1. Used to indicate simple futurity: They will appear later.2. Used to indicate likelihood or certainty: You will regret this.3. Used to indicate willingness: Will you help me with this package?4. Used to indicate requirement or command: You will report to me afterward.5. Used to indicate intention: I will too if I feel like it.6. Used to indicate customary or habitual action: People will talk.7. Used to indicate capacity or ability: This metal will not crack under heavy pressure.8. Used to indicate probability or expectation: That will be the messenger ringing.tr. & intr.v. To wish; desire: Do what you will. Sit here if you will. See Usage Note at shall.[Middle English willen, to intend to, from Old English willan; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.will (w?l) vb, past would1. (esp with: you, he, she, it, they, or a noun as subject) used as an auxiliary to make the future tense. Compare shall12. used as an auxiliary to express resolution on the part of the speaker: I will buy that radio if it’s the last thing I do. 3. used as an auxiliary to indicate willingness or desire: will you help me with this problem?. 4. used as an auxiliary to express compulsion, as in commands: you will report your findings to me tomorrow. 5. used as an auxiliary to express capacity or ability: this rope will support a load. 6. used as an auxiliary to express probability or expectation on the part of the speaker: that will be Jim telephoning. 7. used as an auxiliary to express customary practice or inevitability: boys will be boys. 8. (with the infinitive always implied) used as an auxiliary to express desire: usually in polite requests: stay if you will. 9. what you will whatever you like10. will do informal a declaration of willingness to do what is requested[Old English willan; related to Old Saxon willian, Old Norse vilja, Old High German wollen, Latin velle to wish, will]Usage: See at shallwill (w?l) n1. the faculty of conscious and deliberate choice of action; volition. 2. the act or an instance of asserting a choice3. (Law) a. the declaration of a person’s wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death. testamentaryb. a revocable instrument by which such wishes are expressed4. anything decided upon or chosen, esp by a person in authority; desire; wish5. determined intention: where there’s a will there’s a way. 6. disposition or attitude towards others: he bears you no ill will. 7. at will at one’s own desire, inclination, or choice8. with a will heartily; energetically9. with the best will in the world even with the best of intentionsvb (mainly tr; often takes a clause as object or an infinitive) 10. (also intr) to exercise the faculty of volition in an attempt to accomplish (something): he willed his wife’s recovery from her illness. 11. (Law) to give (property) by will to a person, society, etc: he willed his art collection to the nation. 12. (also intr) to order or decree: the king wills that you shall die. 13. to choose or prefer: wander where you will. 14. to yearn for or desire: to will that one’s friends be happy. [Old English willa; related to Old Norse vili, Old High German willeo (German Wille), Gothic wilja, Old Slavonic volja] ?willer nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014will1 (w?l) auxiliary v.andv., pres. will; auxiliary verb. 1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner. 2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right. 3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once. 4. may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. 5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): People will talk. 6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: She would write for hours at a time. 7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Tyrants will be tyrants. 8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months. v.t., v.i. 9. to wish; desire; like: Take what you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is. [before 900; Middle English; Old English wyllan, c. Old Saxon willian, Old Norse vilja, Gothic wiljan; akin to Latin velle to wish] usage: See shall. will2 (w?l) n. 1. the faculty of conscious and particularly of deliberate action: the freedom of the will. 2. power of choosing one’s own actions: to have a strong will. 3. the act or process of using or asserting one’s choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will. 4. wish or desire: to submit against one’s will. 5. purpose or determination: to have the will to succeed. 6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one’s will. 7. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another. 8. a legal document in which a person specifies the disposition of his or her property after death. Compare testament. v.t. 9. to decide upon, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of will: He can walk if he wills it. 10. to purpose, determine on, or elect by act of will: If you will success, you can find it. 11. to dispose of (property) by a will; bequeath. 12. to influence by or as if by exerting will power: I willed her to survive the crisis. v.i. 13. to exercise the will. 14. to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills. Idioms: at will, as one desires; whenever one chooses: to wander off at will. [before 900; Middle English will(e), Old English will(a), c. Old Saxon willio, Old High German willo, Old Norse vili, Gothic wilja; akin to will1] will?er, n. will?-less, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Will heteronomythe condition of being under the moral control of something or someone external; inability to be self-willing. ? heteronymous, adj.velleitya very weak or slight impulse of the will; a mere fancy that does not lead to action.-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.shall – will1. ‘shall’ and ‘will’Shall and will are used to make statements and ask questions about the future.Shall and will are not usually pronounced in full after a pronoun. When writing down what someone has said, the contraction ‘ll is usually used after the pronoun, instead of writing shall or will in full.Shall and will have the negative forms shall not and will not. In speech, these are usually shortened to shan’t /???nt/ and won’t /w??nt/. Shan’t is rather old-fashioned, and is rarely used in American English.It used to be considered correct to write shall after I or we, and will after any other pronoun or noun phrase. Now, most people write will after I and we, and this is not regarded as incorrect, although I shall and we shall are still sometimes used.There are a few special cases in which you use shall, rather than ‘will’:You can make a suggestion about what you and someone else should do by asking a question beginning with ‘Shall we…?’You can also suggest what you and someone else should do by using a sentence that begins with ‘Let’s…’ and ends with ‘…shall we?’You can use shall I or shall we when you are asking for suggestions or advice.You can say ‘Shall I… ?’ when you are offering to do something.Will also has some special uses:You can use will you to make a request.You can also use will you or the negative form won’t you to make an invitation. Won’t you is very formal and polite.Will is sometimes used to say that someone or something is able to do something.Be Careful!You don’t normally use ‘shall’ or ‘will’ in clauses beginning with words and expressions such as when, before, or as soon as. Instead you use the present simple. Don’t say, for example, ‘I’ll call as soon as I shall get home’. Say ‘I’ll call as soon as I get home’.