will

Definitions

1. verb

   Used to talk about the future.

   Examples

   • It will rain tomorrow.
   • Will you be at home this evening?
2. verb

   Used to ask someone to do something, or to say that you agree to do it.

   Examples

   • Will you marry me?
   • What will you drink?
3. verb

   Used to say what something is able to do.

   Examples

   • This suitcase will hold everything we need for the trip.
   • Only one of these gloves will fit my hand.
4. verb

   Used to say what someone often or always does.

   Examples

   • Boys will be boys.
   • People will talk.
5. verb

   Used to say that something is probably true now.

   Examples

   • He will be home by now.
   • That will be the mail at the door.
6. verb

   To wish or want something, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • Do what you will.
   • God willed it.
7. verb

   To want or choose that something happens, in formal use.

   Examples

   • Consider, if you will, the possibility that we were wrong.
   • He wills that all be done.
8. noun

   The power to choose what you do.

   Examples

   • Man's will is often controlled by his reason.
   • She acted of her own free will.
9. noun

   A strong wish or plan to do something.

   Examples

   • Most creatures have a will to live.
   • She showed great will to win.
10. verb

    Used in old-fashioned writing to mean will go.

    Examples

    • I will to England.
    • He will to the wars, whatever his mother says.