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will [ wil ] CORE MEANING: a modal verb used to indicate future time
  Delegates from all over Europe will attend the forum.
Will you ever be able to forgive him?
Your suit will be ready for collection tomorrow. |
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1. polite questions: used in questions to make polite invitations or offers
Will you sit down, please?
Will you have more coffee?
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2. requests: used in questions to make requests
Will you take the washing out for me please?
Phone the garage, will you?
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3. commands: used when ordering somebody to do something
You will do exactly as I say.
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4. customary behavior: used to indicate the way that something usually happens or the way that somebody usually does something
The wetter the road conditions, the harder it will be for a vehicle to stop.
When they're out together they will shop till they drop!
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5. willingness: used to indicate that somebody is willing to do something
I will mail your letters for you.
I will not tolerate this kind of behavior.
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6. ability: used to indicate the ability or capacity of something
That wardrobe will not fit in your bedroom.
The truck will carry loads of up to 10 tons.
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7. expectation: used to express surmise or likelihood
That will be them at the door now.
He will have left the country by now.
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8. inclination: used to indicate the inevitability of something happening or being true
She will stay up till all hours in front of the TV.
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| [ Old English wyllan< Indo-European] |
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