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Word will
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / wɪl / NAmE / wɪl /
Example
  • to have a strong will
  • to have an iron will/a will of iron
  • her decision to continue shows great strength of will.
  • in spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.
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will

(noun)BrE / wɪl / NAmE / wɪl /
  1. the ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve what you want to do; a feeling of strong determination to do something that you want to do
    • see also free will
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/free-will
    • to have a strong will
    • to have an iron will/a will of iron
    • Her decision to continue shows great strength of will.
    • In spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.
    • The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
    • She always wants to impose her will on other people (= to get what she wants).
  2. what somebody wants to happen in a particular situation
    • I don't want to go against your will.
    • It is God's will.
    • They governed according to the will of the people.
  3. a legal document that says what is to happen to somebody’s money and property after they die
    • see also living will
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/living-will
    • I ought to make a will.
    • My father left me the house in his will.
  4. having the type of will mentioned
    • a strong-willed young woman
    • weak-willed greedy people
  5. when you do not want to
    • I was forced to sign the agreement against my will.
  6. whenever or wherever you like
    • They were able to come and go at will.
  7. if you really want to do something then you will find a way of doing it
  8. used to say that you cannot do something, even though you really want to
    • With the best will in the world I could not describe him as a good father.
  9. in a willing and enthusiastic way
    • They set to work with a will.

    Extra Examples

    • Have you made your will?
    • His lawyer drew up the will.
    • His unassuming manner concealed an iron will.
    • I was driven by the pure will to survive.
    • Is that the general will, that we keep the present voting arrangements?
    • It requires an act of will to make myself go running in the morning.
    • Much against my will, I let him go.
    • My aunt remembered me in her will.
    • My father didn’t want me to leave home, and I didn’t like to go against his will.
    • Remarriage would revoke all previous wills.
    • She bears them no ill will.
    • She believes employers should have the right to hire and fire at will.
    • She gradually regained the will to live.
    • She has a very strong will.
    • She left me some money in her will.
    • She left no will and was unmarried.
    • She left of her own free will.
    • She usually manages to impose her will on the rest of the group.
    • She was moved when her neighbour remembered her in his will.
    • She’s lost the will to try and change things.
    • Some things cannot be given away by will.
    • The family decided to contest the will in court.
    • The government lacked the political will to reform the tax system.
    • The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
    • They succeeded in getting the will overturned.
    • They were taught to obey their father’s will without question.
    • Two people must witness your signature or your will is not valid.
    • Under her father’s will, she gets $5 000 a year.
    • With a great effort of will he resisted her pleas.
    • her indomitable will to win
    • I don’t want to go against your will.
    • the collective/general/majority/national/popular/public will

    Word Origin

    • noun Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to the modal verb will and the adverb well.
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