will

Meanings

Plural: wills

Noun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - George Meredith
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- "where there's a will there's a way"
a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
That which is desired; one's wish.
Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

Verb

decree or ordain
- "God wills our existence"
determine by choice
- "This action was willed and intended"
leave or give by will after one's death
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
To habitually do (a given action).
To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
To wish, desire (something).
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
Implying will go.
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English willen, wullen, wollen, from Old English willan (“to want”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Cognate with Dutch willen, Low German willen, German wollen, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk vilja, Norwegian Bokmål ville, Latin velle (“wish”, verb), Latin volo, French vouloir, Italian volere, Ukrainian воля (volja, “freedom, liberty, will”), Ukrainian вільний (vilʹnyj, “free”), Ukrainian воліти (volity, “to will, to prefer”), Ukrainian веліти (velity, “to will, to order, to command”) and Albanian vel (“to satisfy, be stuffed”). The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 3, below.

Synonyms

bequeath, determination, firmness, last will, last will and testament, leave, resoluteness, resolve, testament, volition

Antonyms

disinherit

Scrabble Score: 7

will is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
will is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
will is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

will is a valid Words With Friends word