Will
/wɪl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts4 letters
Definition of Will
verb
- (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).
"Do what you will."
- (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.
"I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine."
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.