Meaning of will | Babel Free

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1. A diminutive of the male given name William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard, from the Germanic languages; also used as a formal given name.
2. A weak-side linebacker.
3. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
5. Just as or when one wishes.
6. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
7. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
8. To wish; desire: Do what you will. Sit here if you will. See Usage Note at shall.
9. Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
10. at will, as one desires; whenever one chooses: to wander off at will.
11. A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
12. the condition of being under the moral control of something or someone external; inability to be self-willing. — heteronymous, adj.
13. That which is desired; one's wish.
    archaic
14. a very weak or slight impulse of the will; a mere fancy that does not lead to action.
15. Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
    archaic
16. moedswillig بِتَعَمُّد умишлено intencionalmente tvrdohlavě vorsätzlich bevidst εκούσια, με ισχυρογνωμοσύνη obstinadamente kangekaelselt تعمدا tahallisesti avec entêtementבמכוון जान-बूझ कर svojeglavo, namjerno szándékosan dengan kemauan keras þrákelknislega; af ásettu ráði ostinatamente; intenzionalmente 故意に 고의로 įnoringai, tyčia tīši; apzināti; ietiepīgi dengan keras kepala stijfhoofdig, opzettelijkforsettlig, bevisst uparcie, rozmyślnie په قصدي توګه por querer cu încăpăţânare упрямо; умышлен...
17. moedswilligheid تَعَمُّد умишленост intencional umíněnost; schválnost die Vorsätzlichkeit egenrådighed; stædighed επιμονή, ισχυρογνωμοσύνη, ξεροκεφαλιάobstinación kangekaelsus ارادى itsepäisyys entêtementכוונה, מזיד हठ svojeglavost, namjernost szándékosság kemauan keras þrjóska ostinazione; intenzionalità 故意 고의임 užsispyrimas stūrgalvība; ietiepība kedegilan stijfhoofdigheid, opzettelijkheid egenrådighet; forsettlighetupór, premedytacja ارادی obstinação încăpăţânare упрямство; умышленность tvr...
18. weak-willed / strong-willed people. nukkig ذو إرادَه с ... воля de vontade fraca / forte s ... vůlí mit einem ... Willen viljestærk με θέληση (ως β΄ συνθ.) de voluntad... tahtega اراده -tahtoinen de forte volonté/sans volonté בַּעֲלֵי רָצוֹן עַז इच्छा-शक्ति -voljan akaratú berkemauan vilja- (senza volontà); (che ha forte volontà) －の意志の (…한) 의지를 가진 ...valios vājas/stipras gribas cilvēki memaksa melakukan sesuatu met een ... wil vilje- o ... woli اراده de vontade (fraca, forte) cu voinţă putern...
19. ready to agree (to do something). a willing helper; She's willing to help in any way she can. gewillig راضٍ، مُسْتَعِد склонен pronto ochotný willig villig πρόθυμοςcomplaciente, dispuesto (abi)valmis موافق halukas disposé/prêt (à) מוכן इच्छुक voljan hajlandó bersedia reiðubúinn; fús, viljugur volenteroso; disposto a 喜んで～する 꺼리지 않는 pasiruošęs, pasiryžęs labprātīgs; gatavs (kaut ko) darīt sanggup; bersedia bereid, bereidwilligvilligchętny راضي، خوښ، مايل، چمتو، تيار: رضا كار pronto dispus să гот...
20. gewillig عن رِضا، عن طيب خاطِر склонно disposto ochotně bereitwillig villigt πρόθυμαde buena gana abivalmilt با موافقت halukkaasti de bon cœur ברצון खुशी से voljno szívesen, készségesen dengan ikhlas fúslega volentieri 喜んで 기꺼이 noriai labprāt dengan rela vrijwilligvilligchętnie, z chęcią په خوښه، په رضا de boa vontade de bunăvoie охотно ochotne rade volje voljno villigt อย่างเต็มใจ isteyerek, seve seve 樂意地 охоче رضامندی سے một cách sẵn sàng 乐意地

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Examples

“Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.”

“Most creatures have a will to live.”

“The father chose the name and could change it later at his will.”

“The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).”

“Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.”

“In the first place, although many people wanted nationalisation and it became the will of Parliament, there were many other people who did not want it, have never willingly accepted it, and never will.”

“Thus Mill’s case for the claim that happiness is the sole human end, put more carefully, is this: ‘Whatever is desired otherwise than as a means to some end beyond itself, and ultimately to happiness, is desired as itself a part of happiness, and is not desired for itself until has become so’ (1861a: 237). Nothing here assumed Hume’s view that every action must ultimately flow from an underived desire. That is a quite separate issue, and Mill’s view of it is closer to that of Kant or Reid than to that of Hume. He insists ‘positively and emphatically’ that the will is a different thing from desire; that a person of confirmed virtue, or any other person whose purposes are fixed, carries out his purposes without any thought of the pleasure he has in contemplating them, or expects to derive from their fulfilment. (1861a: 238) This distinction between purpose and desire is central to Mill’s conception of the will. When we develop purposes we can will against mere likings or aversions: ‘In the case of an habitual purpose, instead of willing the thing because we desire it, we often desire it only because we will it’ (1861a: 238). Every action is caused by a motive, but not every motive is a liking or aversion: When the will is said to be determined by motives, a motive does not mean always, or solely, the anticipation of a pleasure or of a pain…. A habit of willing is commonly called a purpose; and among the causes of our volitions, and of the actions which flow from them, must be reckoned not only likings and aversions, but also purposes. (1843: 842) The formation of purposes from desires is the evolution of will; it is also the development of character. Mill quotes Novalis: ‘a character is a completely fashioned will’ (1843: 843).”

“...surely the link could not have been with Churchill the brilliant, gallant and steadfast wartime leader who, by dint of character, will and language, turned near defeat into victory.”

““Uncle Barnaby was always father and mother to me,” Benson broke in; then after a pause his mind flew off at a tangent. “Is old Hannah all right—in the will, I mean?””

“I auow by this most sacred head / Of my deare foster child, to ease thy griefe, / And win thy will [...].”

“He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.”

“Make but my name thy loue, and loue that ſtill, / And then thou loueſt me for my name is Will.”

“One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?”

“Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony March 27. Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference.”

“Will Stancil was a relatively anonymous researcher at the University of Minnesota until he forced his way into circles of intellectual and political elites on Twitter during the Biden reelection campaign.”

“Will linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB.”

“Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender. Will covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.”

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