will
modal verb
uk
/wɪl/ us
/wɪl/will modal verb (FUTURE)
A2 (also 'll)
- The doctor will call next week to check on your progress.
- The choir will be performing the Hallelujah Chorus at the concert.
- The photos will be ready for collection on Tuesday afternoon.
- Representatives of the member states will be meeting next week.
- All our computer equipment will be replaced in the near future.
will modal verb (ABLE/WILLING)
- The photocopier will collate the documents for you.
- Your father will come for you at 4 o'clock.
- In the event of a strike, the army will take over responsibility for firefighting.
- The government will only say it is not in the general interest to reveal any more information.
- Oh, for crying out loud, why won't you listen to me!
will modal verb (REQUEST)
A2
used to ask someone to do something:
(also 'll)
- adjuration
- appellate
- apply for something
- apply to
- appreciate
- ask a lot
- besiege
- car wash
- cry
- entreat
- entreaty
- imploringly
- importunately
- importunity
- invite
- invocation
- leech
- push
- scrounge
- ticket
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will modal verb (IF)
A2 (also 'll)
used in conditional sentences with 'if':
- If you see Alan on your wanderings, will you tell him he's wanted in the office?
- If we back down on this issue, our reputation will be compromised.
- If the two sides conflict with each other again, it will be disastrous for party unity.
- If a plane window breaks the cabin will rapidly decompress.
- If we continue to deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.
will modal verb (LIKELY)
(also 'll)
used to refer to what is likely:
will modal verb (ORDER)
will modal verb (ALWAYS)
(also 'll)
used when referring to something that always or usually happens:
Grammar
Idiom
will
noun
uk
/wɪl/ us
/wɪl/will noun (MENTAL POWER)
B2 [ C or U ]
the mental power used to control and direct your thoughts and actions, or a determination to do something, despite any difficulties or opposition:
[ + to infinitive ] After six months in hospital she began to lose the will to live (= the desire and determination to stay alive).
- perseveranceA years-long political scandal broke last week thanks to the dogged perseverance of local reporters.
- determinationAfter years of hard work and determination, she was finally promoted to CEO.
- persistenceHe was known for his persistence in the pursuit of justice.
- stick-to-it-ivenessUS This type of work requires a long-term commitment and a lot of stick-to-it-iveness.
- single-mindednessHer single-mindedness helped her win six US Open singles titles.
- doggednessTheir sheer doggedness and ambition helped them ignore criticism and carry on.
- aggressiveness
- bitter
- bloody-mindedness
- bull
- bull something through
- character-building
- fibre
- insusceptible
- intransigence
- inveteracy
- mettle
- militancy
- resolve
- sharp
- sharp elbows idiom
- sharpen
- sharpen (something) up
- sharpen your elbows idiom
- single-mindedness
- wilfulness
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will noun (DOCUMENT)
C2 [ C ]
- He was struck out from his father's will.
- He left me his racehorses in his will.
- When she remarried, she made a new will.
will
verb
uk
/wɪl/ us
/wɪl/will verb (MAKE HAPPEN)
- ache for something
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle for something
- desperate
- expense
- have your eye on something idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for something
- hungrily
- impulse
- pine
- seeker
- set your heart on something/doing something idiom
- set your sights on something idiom
- shook
- shopping list
- sight
- someone's heart's desire idiom
