EGAVE

will

About 75.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    Do not forget, will you?
  2. verb To be able to, to have the capacity to.
    Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
  3. verb 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.
  4. verb To habitually do (a given action).
    Boys will be boys.
  5. verb To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
    Will you marry me?
  6. verb To wish, desire (something).
    Do what you will.
  7. verb To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
    Consider, if you will, the possibility that the sherry glasses were misplaced accidentally.
  8. verb Implying will go.

Similar words

volition shall wish bequeath testament leave ought intent needs sake

Often followed by

be not have find take make also give you

Word family

willed willing wills would

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