will
/wɪl/ verb A1- Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. · Do not forget, will you?· Will you be doing the shopping this evening? If so, will you do mine too, please?
- To be able to, to have the capacity to. · Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
- Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference". · He will be home by now. He always gets home before 6 o'clock.· I can't find my umbrella. I will've left it at home this morning.
- To habitually do (a given action). · Boys will be boys.· People will talk.
- To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation. · Will you marry me?· What will you drink?
- To wish, desire (something). · Do what you will.
Plural will · He/she/it will · Past would · Past participle - · -ing form willing
Verb forms
- Base form
- will
- He/she/it
- will
- Past
- would
- Past participle
- -
- -ing form
- willing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Oh, there are a lot more cherry-trees all in bloom!
I’ve always heard that Prince Edward Island was the prettiest place in the world, and I used to imagine I was living here, but I never really expected I would.
It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?
There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?
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