Tra từ will - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

will [will wills willed willing] modal verb, verb, noun BrE [wɪl] NAmE [wɪl]
modal verb (short form 'llBrE [l] ; NAmE [l] , negative will not, short form won'tBrE [wəʊnt] ; NAmE [woʊnt] , pt wouldBrE [wəd] ; NAmE [wəd] strong form BrE [wʊd] ; strong form NAmE [wʊd] , short form 'dBrE [d] ; NAmE [d] , negative would not, short form wouldn'tBrE [ˈwʊdnt] ; NAmE [ˈwʊdnt] )
1. used for talking about or predicting the future
• You'll be in time if you hurry.
• How long will you be staying in Paris?
•Fred said he'd be leaving soon.
•By next year all the money will have been spent.
2. used for showing that sb is willing to do sth
• I'll check this letter for you, if you want.
• They won't lend us any more money.
•He wouldn't come— he said he was too busy.
•We said we would keep them.
3. used for asking sb to do sth
• Will you send this letter for me, please?
• You'll water the plants while I'm away, won't you?
•I asked him if he wouldn't mind calling later.
4. used for ordering sb to do sth
• You'll do it this minute!
• Will you be quiet!
5. used for stating what you think is probably true
• That'll be the doctor now.
• You'll have had dinner already, I suppose.
6. used for stating what is generally true
• If it's made of wood it will float.
• Engines won't run without lubricants.
7. used for stating what is true or possible in a particular case
• This jar will hold a kilo.
• The door won't open!
8. used for talking about habits
• She'll listen to music, alone in her room, for hours.
• He would spend hours on the telephone. If you put extra stress on the word will or would in this meaning, it shows that the habit annoys you
•He ˈwill comb his hair at the table, even though he knows I don't like it.

Word Origin:
modalv. Old English wyllan Germanic Dutch willen German wollen Indo-European Latin velle ‘will, wish’ v. and n. Old English willa willian Germanic Dutch wil German Wille ↑will ↑well

Grammar Point:
modal verbs
The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will and would. Dare, need, have to and used to also share some of the features of modal verbs.
Modal verbs have only one form. They have no -ing or -ed forms and do not add -s to the 3rd person singular form: ▪ He can speak three languages. ◇ ▪ She will try and visit tomorrow.
Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive of another verb without to. The exceptions are ought to and used to: ▪ You must find a job. ◇ ▪ You ought to stop smoking. ◇ ▪ I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago.
Questions are formed without do/does in the present, or did in the past: ▪ Can I invite Mary? ◇ ▪ Should I have invited Mary?
Negative sentences are formed with not or the short form -n’t and do not use do/does or did.
You will find more help with how to use modal verbs at the dictionary entries for each verb.

Grammar Point:
shall / will
In modern English the traditional difference between shall and will has almost disappeared, and shall is not used very much at all, especially in NAmE. Shall is now only used with I and we, and often sounds formal and old-fashioned. People are more likely to say: ▪ I’ll ▪ (= I will) ▪ be late and ▪ ‘You’ll ▪ (= you will) ▪ apologize immediately. ’ ‘ ▪ No I won’t! ’
In BrE shall is still used with I and we in questions or when you want to make a suggestion or an offer: ▪ What shall I wear to the party? ◇ ▪ Shall we order some coffee? ◇ ▪ I’ll drive, shall I?
note at ↑should
Idioms: ↑against your will ▪ ↑at will ▪ ↑where there's a will there's a way ▪ ↑with a will ▪ ↑with the best will in the world

verb (third person sing. pres. t. will)intransitive (only used in the simple present tense) (old-fashioned or formal)
to want or like
•Call it what you will, it's still a problem.

Word Origin:
modalv. Old English wyllan Germanic Dutch willen German wollen Indo-European Latin velle ‘will, wish’ v. and n. Old English willa willian Germanic Dutch wil German Wille ↑will ↑well

verb
1. to use the power of your mind to do sth or to make sth happen
•~ sth As a child he had thought he could fly, if he willed it enough.
•~ sb/sth to do sth She willed her eyes to stay open.
•He willed himself not to panic.
2. ~ sth | ~ that… (old use)to intend or want sth to happen
•They thought they had been victorious in battle because God had willed it.
3. to formally give your property or possessions to sb after you have died, by means of a ↑will _n. (³)
•~ sb sth Joe had willed them everything he possessed.
•~ sth (to sb) Joe had willed everything he possessed to them.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
modalv. Old English wyllan Germanic Dutch willen German wollen Indo-European Latin velle ‘will, wish’ v. and n. Old English willa willian Germanic Dutch wil German Wille ↑will ↑well

noun
1. countable, uncountable the ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve what you want to do; a feeling of strong determination to do sth that you want to do
•to have a strong will
•to have an iron will/a will of iron
• Her decision to continue shows great strength of will.
• In spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.
•The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
•She always wants to impose her will on other people (= to get what she wants).
see also ↑free will, ↑willpower
2. singular what sb wants to happen in a particular situation
• I don't want to go against your will.
• (formal) It is God's will.
•They governed according to the will of the people.
3. (also tes·ta·ment)countable a legal document that says what is to happen to sb's money and property after they die
• I ought to make a will.
• My father left me the house in his will.
see also ↑living will
4. -willed (in adjectives)having the type of will mentioned
•a strong-willed young woman
•weak-willed greedy people

Word Origin:
modalv. Old English wyllan Germanic Dutch willen German wollen Indo-European Latin velle ‘will, wish’ v. and n. Old English willa willian Germanic Dutch wil German Wille ↑will ↑well

Example Bank:
•Have you made your will?
•His lawyer drew up the will.
•His unassuming manner concealed an iron will.
•I was driven by the pure will to survive.
•Is that the general will, that we keep the present voting arrangements?
•It requires an act of will to make myself go running in the morning.
•Much against my will, I let him go.
•My aunt remembered me in her will.
•My father didn't want me to leave home, and I didn't like to go against his will.
•Remarriage would revoke all previous wills.
•She bears them no ill will.
•She believes employers should have the right to hire and fire at will.
•She gradually regained the will to live.
•She has a very strong will.
•She left me some money in her will.
•She left no will and was unmarried.
•She left of her own free will.
•She usually manages to impose her will on the rest of the group.
•She was moved when her neighbour remembered her in his will.
•She's lost the will to try and change things.
•Some things cannot be given away by will.
•The family decided to contest the will in court.
•The government lacked the political will to reform the tax system.
•The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
•They succeeded in getting the will overturned.
•They were taught to obey their father's will without question.
•Two people must witness your signature or your will is not valid.
•Under her father's will, she gets $5 000 a year.
•With a great effort of will he resisted her pleas.
•her indomitable will to win
•I don't want to go against your will.
•the collective/general/majority/national/popular/public will

See also: ↑testament