will

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   Used to talk about the future.

   I will call you when I get home.

2. 2
   verb

   Used to offer, request, or show willingness to do something.

   Will you marry me?

3. 3
   noun

   A strong, determined intention to do something.

   Where there's a will, there's a way.

4. 4
   verb

   To make something happen through the power of one's own choice.

   She tried to will herself to stay calm.

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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ill, weel, well, will, woul, wull (“will”), North Frisian wale, wel (“to want”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian wolle (“to want”), Alemannic German and Central Franconian welle (“to want”), Cimbrian béllan, bölln (“to want”), Dutch willen (“to want”), German wollen (“to want”), Low German wüllen (“to want; will”), Luxembourgish wëllen (“to want”), Yiddish וועלן (veln…

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