US /ðeɪl/ UK /ðeɪl/
contraction

Meanings

  1. 1
    contraction

    a contraction of they will or, less commonly, they shall

    They'll meet us outside the station after the last train arrives.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 contraction · a contraction of they will... they willthey shall
Word family
Related forms they'dthey'rethey'vewe'll

Etymology

A contraction of they + will or shall. The apostrophe marks the omitted letters, while ordinary speech reduces the phrase to a single syllable.

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