will
will is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as verb, adverb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- verb. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
- verb. The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
- verb. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
- verb. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
- verb. That which is strongly wished or desired.
- verb. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
- verb. The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
- adverb. To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
- adverb. As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
- intransitive verb. To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
- noun. To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
- noun. To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
- noun. To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.
- intransitive verb. To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
- noun. the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention- George Meredith
"the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"
- noun. a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
"where there's a will there's a way"
- noun. a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- verb. determine by choice
"This action was willed and intended"
- verb. decree or ordain
"God wills our existence"
- verb. leave or give by will after one's death
"My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"
"My grandfather left me his entire estate"
Synonyms
volition, testament, bequeath, leave
Common word forms
wills, willed, willer, willes, willful, willing, willable, willness
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