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| 1. | a pt. and pp. of will 1 . |
| 2. | (used to express the future in past sentences): He said he would go tomorrow. |
| 3. | (used in place of will, to make a statement or form a question less direct or blunt): That would scarcely be fair. Would you be so kind? |
| 4. | (used to express repeated or habitual action in the past): We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm. |
| 5. | (used to express an intention or inclination): Nutritionists would have us all eat whole grains. |
| 6. | (used to express a wish): Would he were here! |
| 7. | (used to express an uncertainty): It would appear that he is guilty. |
| 8. | (used in conditional sentences to express choice or possibility): They would come if they had the fare. If the temperature were higher, the water would evaporate. |
| 9. | would have, (used with a past participle to express unfulfilled intention or preference): I would have saved you some but Jimmy took it all. |
| 10. | would like, (used to express desire): I would like to go next year. |
| 11. | would rather. rather (def. 8). |
auxiliary verb and verb, present singular 1st person will, 2nd will or (Archaic
) wilt, 3rd will, present plural will; past singular 1st person would, 2nd would or (Archaic
) wouldst, 3rd would, past plural would; past participle (Obsolete
) wold or would; imperative, infinitive, and present participle lacking. | 1. | am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner. |
| 2. | am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right. |
| 3. | am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once. |
| 4. | may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right. |
| 5. | am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk. |
| 6. | am (is, are, etc.) accustomed to, or do usually or often: You will often see her sitting there. He would write for hours at a time. |
| 7. | am (is, are, etc.) habitually disposed or inclined to: Boys will be boys. After dinner they would read aloud. |
| 8. | am (is, are, etc.) capable of; can: This tree will live without water for three months. |
| 9. | am (is, are, etc.) going to: I will bid you “Good night.” |
| 10. | to wish; desire; like: Go where you will. Ask, if you will, who the owner is. |

noun, verb, willed, will⋅ing.| 1. | the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will. |
| 2. | power of choosing one's own actions: to have a strong or a weak will. |
| 3. | the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will. |
| 4. | wish or desire: to submit against one's will. |
| 5. | purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed. |
| 6. | the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out: to work one's will. |
| 7. | disposition, whether good or ill, toward another. |
| 8. | Law.
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| 9. | to decide, bring about, or attempt to effect or bring about by an act of the will: He can walk if he wills it. |
| 10. | to purpose, determine on, or elect, by an act of will: If he wills success, he can find it. |
| 11. | to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise. |
| 12. | to influence by exerting will power: She was willed to walk the tightrope by the hypnotist. |
| 13. | to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do. |
| 14. | to decide or determine: Others debate, but the king wills. |
| 15. | at will,
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| 1. | a mignonette, Reseda luteola, of southern Europe, yielding a yellow dye. |
| 2. | the dye. |
will 2 (wĭl) aux.v. Past tense would (wŏŏd)
[Middle English willen, to intend to, from Old English willan; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
would (wŏŏd) aux.v. Past tense of will2
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would
In addition to the idioms beginning with would, also see as luck would have it; fly on the wall, would like to be a. Also see under wouldn't.