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Similar words: couldshouldblow outdraw outheart and soulMeaning: [wɪl]  verb.1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner. 2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right. 3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once. 4. may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right. 5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk. 6. am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: You will often see her sitting there. He would write for hours at a time. 7. am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Boys will be boys. After dinner they would read aloud. 8. am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months. 9. am (is, are, etc.) going to: I will bid you "Good night." v.t., v.i.10. to wish; desire; like: Go where you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is. [bef. 900; ME willen, OE wyllan; c. D willen, G wollen, ON vilja, Goth wiljan; akin to L velle to wish]Usage. See shall.wills|willed|willing|would—willer, n./wil/, n., v., willed, willing.n.1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will. 2. power of choosing one's own actions: to have a strong or a weak will. 3. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will. 4. wish or desire: to submit against one's will. 5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed. 6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one's will. 7. disposition, whether good or ill, toward another. 8. Law. a legal declaration of a person's wishes as to the disposition of his or her property or estate after death, usually written and signed by the testator and attested by witnesses. the document containing such a declaration. 9. at will, at one's discretion or pleasure; as one desires: to wander at will through the countryside. at one's disposal or command. v.t.10. to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will: He can walk if he wills it. 11. to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will: If he wills success, he can find it. 12. to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise. 13. to influence by exerting will power: She was willed to walk the tightrope by the hypnotist. v.i.14. to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do. 15. to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills. [bef. 900; (n.) ME will(e), OE will(a); c. D wil, G Wille, ON vili, Goth wilja; (v.) ME willen, OE willian to wish, desire, deriv. of the n.; akin to WILL1]Syn. 3. choice. 4. pleasure, disposition, inclination. 5. resolution, decision. WILL, VOLITION refer to conscious choice as to action or thought. WILL denotes fixed and persistent intent or purpose: Where there's a will there's a way. VOLITION is the power of forming an intention or the incentive for using the will: to exercise one's volition in making a decision. 10. determine. 12. leave., /wood/; unstressed /weuhd/, v.1. a pt. and pp. of will1. 2. (used to express the future in past sentences): He said he would go tomorrow. 3. (used in place of will, to make a statement or form a question less direct or blunt): That would scarcely be fair. Would you be so kind? 4. (used to express repeated or habitual action in the past): We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm. 5. (used to express an intention or inclination): Nutritionists would have us all eat whole grains. 6. (used to express a wish): Would he were here! 7. (used to express an uncertainty): It would appear that he is guilty. 8. (used in conditional sentences to express choice or possibility): They would come if they had the fare. If the temperature were higher, the water would evaporate. 9. would have, (used with a past participle to express unfulfilled intention or preference): I would have saved you some but Jimmy took it all. 10. would like, (used to express desire): I would like to go next year. 11. would rather. See rather (def. 7).. 
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241. Stalin was insistent that the war would be won and lost in the machine shops.
242. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
243. I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?
244. I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it.
245. I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
246. CDs would be far cheaper to produce without the glossy packaging.
247. He thought her campaign would probably fade out soon in any case.
248. Please don't think I mistrust you, but I would prefer to have our agreement in black and white.
249. I wish the children would stop flinging their clothes about,but put them away tidily.
250. If you're cold,I will hold you in my arms;if you worry me to wipe your tears; if you love me, I would like to broadcast around the world, I just want to give you my true love.
251. A clinic for women would, by definition, deal with pregnancy and childbirth.
252. Whenever he was angry he would begin to stammer slightly.
253. If he shaved his beard he would look much younger.
254. You would feel totally different when diffierent persons do the same thing for you because we always concern the person instead of the matter itself.
255. Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.
256. This would have been considered unthinkable only a decade ago.
257. It would be a crying shame if the village shop closed down.
258. A better water supply would contribute dramatically to the villagers' well-being.
259. I hope the coming love would last for a lifetime(sentencedict.com),otherwise just don't come.
260. The raft would be more buoyant if it was less heavy.
261. Put an 'X' in the box if you would like to join our mailing list.
262. I would like to be a single-cell organisms, heartless creature alive.
263. I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt.
264. She has the job most of us would give our eye teeth for.
265. Crowds massed along the road where the queen would pass.
266. They would inform him of any progress they had made.
267. Any such thing would be bitterly opposed by most of the world's democracies.
268. In former times a murderer who was found guilty would be condemned to death.
269. Would you spread the news about that he is coming?
270. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you would like a reply.
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