n.
Pronunciation: w ə l, ( ə )l, ə l, ' wil
Function: verb
Inflected Form: past would \ w ə d, ( ə )d, ' wu ̇ d \ present singular & plural will
Etymology: Middle English (1st & 3d singular present indicative), from Old English wille (infin. wyllan ); akin to Old High German wili (3d singular present indicative) wills, Latin velle to wish, will
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb : DESIRE , WISH <call it what you will >
verbal auxiliary
1 ― used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal <no one would take the job> <if we will all do our best> < will you please stop that racket>
2 ― used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action or natural tendency or disposition < will get angry over nothing> < will work one day and loaf the next>
3 ― used to express futurity <tomorrow morning I will wake up in this first-class hotel suite ― Tennessee Williams>
4 ― used to express capability or sufficiency <the back seat will hold three passengers>
5 ― used to express probability and often equivalent to the simple verb <that will be the babysitter>
6 a ― used to express determination, insistence, persistence, or willfulness <I have made up my mind to go and go I will > b ― used to express inevitability <accidents will happen>
7 ― used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction <you will do as I say, at once>
intransitive verb : to have a wish or desire <whether we will or no>
usage see SHALL
– if you will : if you wish to call it that <a kind of preoccupation, or obsession if you will ― Louis Auchincloss>