Will meaning, definition and synonyms

1. 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.

2. Verb

The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

3. Verb

The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

4. Verb

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

5. Verb

That which is strongly wished or desired.

6. Verb

Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

7. 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.

8. Adverb

To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

9. 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

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.

10. Verb

To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

11. Noun

To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

12. Noun

To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.

13. 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.

14. Verb

To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

15. Noun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt" - George Meredith

Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

16. Noun

a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

Vocabulary classified under Law