will

verb

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • present indicative : will
  • past indicative : would
  • present participle : willing
  • negation, present indicative : won’t
  • negation, past indicative : wouldn’t
  • future indicative : will
  • present indicative : ’ll
  • past indicative : ’d

Senses

  • (auxiliary) expressing the future tense
  • give in a will, bequeath

will

noun

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : will
  • plural : wills

Senses

  • legal declaration by which a person names one or more persons to manage his or her estate and provides for the distribution of his property at death
  • faculty of the mind which intentionally selects the strongest desire from among the various desires present
  • Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God

will

verb

Forms

  • simple present : will
  • simple present, singular, third person : wills
  • simple past : willed
  • present participle : willing
  • past participle : willed

Senses

  • to wish; to desire