Word Finder - will

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(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.

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(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

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(auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".

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(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

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(auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.

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(now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).

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(now rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

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(archaic) Implying will go.

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One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

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The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

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One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

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Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent

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(law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

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(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.

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(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

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(transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

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(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

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(transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.