Толковый словарь английского языка - will
Will
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I. verb (past would; present singular & plural ~) Etymology: Middle English (1st & 3d singular present indicative), from Old English ~e (infinitive wyllan); akin to Old High German wili (3d singular present indicative) ~s, Latin velle to wish, ~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb desire , wish , verbal auxiliary 1. — used to express desire, choice, ~ingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal one would take the job> all do our best> <~ you please stop that racket> 2. — used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action or natural tendency or disposition <~ get angry over nothing> <~ work one day and loaf the next> 3. — used to express futurity morning I ~ wake up in this first-class hotel suite — Tennessee Williams> 4. — used to express capability or sufficiency back seat ~ hold three passengers> 5. — used to express probability and often equivalent to the simple verb 6. a. — used to express determination, insistence, persistence, or ~fulness have made up my mind to go and go I ~> b. — used to express inevitability 7. — used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction say, at once> intransitive verb to have a wish or desire , see: shall II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~a ~, desire; akin to Old English ~e Date: before 12th century desire , wish : as, disposition , inclination , appetite , passion , choice , determination , 2. something desired, b. request , command , the part of a summons expressing a royal command, the act, process, or experience of ~ing ; volition , 4. mental powers manifested as wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending, a disposition to act according to principles or ends, the collective desire of a group , the power of control over one's own actions or emotions , a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property or estate after death, III. Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to order or direct by a ~ , to dispose of by or as if by a ~ ; bequeath , 2. to determine by an act of choice, decree , ordain , intend , purpose , to cause or change by an act of ~ , intransitive verb to exercise the ~, choose
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1. v.aux. & tr. (3rd sing. present will; past would) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in use) 1 (in the 2nd and 3rd persons, and often in the 1st: see SHALL) expressing the future tense in statements, commands, or questions (you will regret this; they will leave at once; will you go to the party?). 2 (in the 1st person) expressing a wish or intention (I will return soon). Usage For the other persons in senses 1, 2, see SHALL. 3 expressing desire, consent, or inclination (will you have a sandwich?; come when you will; the door will not open). 4 expressing ability or capacity (the jar will hold a kilo). 5 expressing habitual or inevitable tendency (accidents will happen; will sit there for hours). 6 expressing probability or expectation (that will be my wife). Phrases and idioms will do colloq. expressing willingness to carry out a request. Etymology: OE wyllan, (unrecorded) willan f. Gmc: rel. to L volo 2. n. & v. --n. 1 the faculty by which a person decides or is regarded as deciding on and initiating action (the mind consists of the understanding and the will). 2 (also will-power) control exercised by deliberate purpose over impulse; self-control (has a strong will; overcame his shyness by will-power). 3 a deliberate or fixed desire or intention (a will to live). 4 energy of intention; the power of effecting one's intentions or dominating others. 5 directions (usu. written) in legal form for the disposition of one's property after death (make one's will). 6 disposition towards others (good will). 7 archaic what one desires or ordains (thy will be done). --v.tr. 1 have as the object of one's will; intend unconditionally (what God wills; willed that we should succeed). 2 (absol.) exercise will-power. 3 instigate or impel or compel by the exercise of will-power (you can will yourself into contentment). 4 bequeath by the terms of a will (shall will my money to charity). Phrases and idioms at will 1 whenever one pleases. 2 Law able to be evicted without notice (tenant at will). have one's will obtain what one...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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