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Sounds | wahl; wih'l |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Advil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention. |
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Synonyms | volition |
Narrower | velleity |
Broader | faculty, mental faculty, module |
Verbs | will; will |
Meaning | A fixed and persistent intent or purpose. |
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Examples | "where there's a will there's a way" |
Broader | purpose, intent, intention, aim, design |
Verbs | will; will |
Meaning | A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die. |
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Synonyms | testament |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Parts | codicil |
Narrower | Old Testament; New Testament; devise |
Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument |
Verbs | will |
Meaning | Decree or ordain. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "God wills our existence" |
Broader | ordain |
Meaning | Have in mind. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "I will take the exam tomorrow" |
Synonyms | wish |
Narrower | intend, mean, think |
Nouns | will; will |
Meaning | Determine by choice. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "This action was willed and intended" |
Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine |
Nouns | will; willing; will |
Meaning | Leave or give by will after one's death. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Model | They will the money to them; They will them the money |
Synonyms | bequeath, leave |
Narrower | devise; pass on; remember; fee-tail, entail |
Broader | give, gift, present |
Contrary | disinherit, disown |
Similar to | leave, leave behind; impart, leave, give, pass on |
Nouns | will |