12
MODAL
You use
will
in the main clause of some 'if' and 'unless' sentences to indicate something that you consider to be fairly likely to happen. □
13
MODAL
You use
will
to say that someone insists on behaving or doing something in a particular way and you cannot change them. You emphasize
will
when you use it in this way. □
14
MODAL
You use
will have
with a past participle when you are saying that you are fairly certain that something will be true by a particular time in the future. □
15
MODAL
You use
will have
with a past participle to indicate that you are fairly sure that something is the case. □
➋ will ◆◆◇ /w I l/ (wills , willing , willed )
1
N‑VAR
[oft N
to-inf]
Will
is the determination to do something. □
2 → see also free will
3
N‑SING
[with poss] If something is the
will
of
a person or group of people with authority, they want it to happen. □ [+
4
VERB
If you
will
something to
happen, you try to make it happen by using mental effort rather than physical effort. □ [V
n to-inf]
5
N‑COUNT
A
will
is a document in which you declare what you want to happen to your money and property when you die. □
6
PHRASE
If something is done
against
your
will
, it is done even though you do not want it to be done. □
7
PHRASE
If you can do something
at will
, you can do it when you want and as much as you want. □
will|ful /w I lfʊl/ → see wilful
wil|lie /w I li/ → see willy
will|ing ◆◆◇ /w I l I ŋ/
1
ADJ
If someone is
willing
to
do something, they are fairly happy about doing it and will do it if they are asked or required to do it. □
2
ADJ
[usu ADJ
n]
Willing
is used to describe someone who does something fairly enthusiastically and because they want to do it rather than because they are forced to do it. □
3God willing → see god
will-o'-the-wisp /w I l ə ðə w I sp/ (will-o'-the-wisps ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] You can refer to someone or something that keeps disappearing or that is impossible to catch or reach as a will-o'-the-wisp .
wil|low
/w
I
loʊ/ (willows
) N‑VAR
A
willow
or a
willow tree
is a type of tree with long branches and long narrow leaves that grows near water. ● N‑UNCOUNT
[oft N
n]
Willow
is the wood of this tree. □
wil|lowy /w I loʊi/ ADJ A person who is willowy is tall, thin, and graceful.
will|power
/w
I
lpaʊə
r
/ also
will-power
,
will power
N‑UNCOUNT
Willpower
is a very strong determination to do something. □
wil|ly /w I li/ (willies ) also willie N‑COUNT A boy's or man's willy is his penis. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]
willy-nilly /w I li n I li/ also willy nilly