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US
/ˈwɪɫ, wəɫ/
]
[ UK /wˈɪl/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪl/ ]
NOUN
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
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the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt -
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
where there's a will there's a way
VERB
-
determine by choice
This action was willed and intended -
decree or ordain
God wills our existence -
leave or give by will after one's death
My grandfather left me his entire estate
My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry
How To Use will In A Sentence
- The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
- Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy. The Sun
- These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
- Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance. Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ?
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- But yes, good of Prof. Adler, who I hope will be a little chary of Althousian pseudoreality in future. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School
- Who is willing to believe that Alexandria is exactly 5000 stadia from Syene, whatever the value of the stadium?
