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Shall (verb)
Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
“I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.”
“I hope that we shall win the game.”
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Shall (verb)
Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
“(determination): You shall go to the ball!”
“(obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity.”
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Shall (verb)
Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
“Shall I help you with that?”
“Shall we go out later?”
“Let us examine that, shall we?”
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Shall (verb)
To owe.
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Will (verb)
To wish, desire (something). 9th-18th c.
“Do what you will.”
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Will (verb)
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). 9th-19th c.
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Will (verb)
To habitually do (a given action). from 9th c.
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Will (verb)
To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). from 10th c.
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Will (verb)
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. from 10th c.
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Will (verb)
To be able to, to have the capacity to. from 14th c.
“Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.”
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Will (verb)
To wish, desire. 9th–19th c.
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Will (verb)
To instruct (that something be done) in one’s will. from 9th c.
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Will (verb)
To try to make (something) happen by using one’s will (intention). from 10th c.
“All the fans were willing their team to win the game.”
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Will (verb)
To bequeath (something) to someone in one’s will (legal document). from 15th c.
“He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.”
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Will (noun)
One’s independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one’s choice or intention. from 9th c.
“Of course, man’s will is often regulated by his reason.”
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Will (noun)
One’s intention or decision; someone’s orders or commands. from 9th c.
“Eventually I submitted to my parents’ will.”
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Will (noun)
The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. from 10th c.
“Most creatures have a will to live.”
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Will (noun)
A formal declaration of one’s intent concerning the disposal of one’s property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. from 14th c.
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Will (noun)
That which is desired; one’s wish. from 10th c.
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Will (noun)
Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.) from 9th c.
“He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.”