[wɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- expressing the future tense
(e.g: you will regret it when you are older)

- expressing inevitable events
(e.g: accidents will happen)

- expressing a request
(e.g: will you stop here, please)

- expressing facts about ability or capacity
(e.g: a rock so light that it will float on water)

- expressing habitual behaviour
(e.g: she will dance for hours)

- expressing probability or expectation about something in the present
(e.g: they will be miles away by now)


Phrases:
- will do

Origin:
Old English wyllan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch willen, German wollen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin velle ‘will, wish’

[wɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action
(e.g: she has an iron will)

- a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death


Phrases:
- at will
- have a will of one's own
- have one's will
- if you will
- what you will
- where there's a will there's a way
- with a will
- with the best will in the world

Origin:
Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will and the adverb well

[wɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers
(e.g: reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back)

- intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen
(e.g: their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it)

- bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will
(e.g: his father willed the farm to Mr Timms)


Phrases:
- at will
- have a will of one's own
- have one's will
- if you will
- what you will
- where there's a will there's a way
- with a will
- with the best will in the world

Origin:
Old English willa (noun), willian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wil, German Wille (nouns), also to will and the adverb well