1. (law) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
   "He updated his will to include his newborn grandchild";
   - testament
    
2. The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
   "the exercise of their will we construe as revolt";
   - volition
    
3. A fixed and persistent intent or purpose
   "where there's a will, there's a way"

1. Expresses the future tense
   "tomorrow it will be sunny"
    
2. Leave or give by will after one's death
   "My aunt willed me all her jewellery";
   - bequeath, leave
    
3. Determine by choice
   "This action was willed and intended"
    
4. Decree or ordain
   "God wills our existence"
    
5. Expresses a request for action
   "will you clean it for me?"
    
6. Wish strongly as if to make happen
   "He willed the clouds to rain"

Derived forms: willing, wills, willed

Type of: aim, decide, design, determine, faculty, gift, give, instrument, intent, intention, legal document, legal instrument, make up one's mind, mental faculty, module, official document, ordain, present, purpose

Encyclopedia: Will, Opportunity and Solidarity