will betydelse and definition

Betydelse av will på svenska

• 0 used to talk about what is going to happen in the future, especially things that you are certain about or things that are planned:

  • Clare will be five years old next month.

  • The train leaves at 8:58, so we'll be in Scotland by lunchtime.

  • I'll see him tomorrow./I'll be seeing him tomorrow.

  • Will Susie be there?

  • It won't be easy to find another secretary.

  • There'll be trouble when she finds out.

• 1 used to talk about what someone or something is able or willing to do:

  • I'll give you a lift.

  • Ask Gabriela if she'll take them.

  • I've asked her but she won't come.

  • The car won't start.

  • This lasagne will feed six people.

• 2 used to ask someone to do something:

  • Will you give me her address?

  • Will you give that to Tony when you see him, please?

  • Will you join us for a cup of coffee, Evie?

  • Will you come in for a while?

  • You'll have some cake, won't you, Charlie?

• 3 used in conditional sentences with 'if':

  • If he's late again, I'll be very angry.

  • I'll wait with Christopher if his mother isn't here when you go.

• 4 used to refer to what is likely:

  • That'll be Scott at the door.

  • That'll be his mother with him.

  • As you all will know, election day is next week.

• 5 used when angry to tell someone to do something:

  • Will you stop being such a pain!

  • You'll go upstairs and you'll go straight to bed like your father told you!

• 6 used when referring to something that always or usually happens:

  • Accidents will happen.

  • Fruit will keep longer in the fridge.

  • The product with the better-known brand name will always sell better.

  • She's 85 now, but she will insist on doing all her own housework.

• 7 the mental power used to control and direct your thoughts and actions, or a determination to do something, despite any difficulties or opposition:

  • From an early age she had a very strong will.

  • [ + to infinitive ] After six months in hospital she began to lose the will to live (= the desire and determination to stay alive).

  • It was God's will.

  • Against their will (= although they did not want to), they were forced to hand over the money.

  • The government has failed to impose its will upon regional communities (= to make them do as it wants).

• 8 an official statement of what a person has decided should be done with their money and property after their death:

  • Have you made a will yet?

  • She left me some money in her will.

• 9 If you will something to happen, you try to make it happen by the power of your thoughts:

  • She willed herself to remember his name.

  • Stay or go, as you will.

• 10 to arrange to give money or property to others after your death

• 11 used only with the base forms of verbs when referring to the future:

  • Claire will be five years old next month.

• 12 used to express your intentions:

  • This time I will learn from my mistakes.

• 13 used to ask or tell someone to do something:

  • Will you give me her address, please?

  • You will do it because I said so!

  • Will you come in?

• 14 used to refer to what is possible; to be able to do something:

  • This car will seat six people comfortably.

• 15 used to say that behavior which usually happens is acceptable because it is expected:

  • Boys will be boys.

• 16 the mental power used to control and direct your thoughts and actions, or a determination to do something, despite any difficulties or opposition:

  • [ C ] He’ll need an iron will to stick to that diet.

  • [ U ] After six months in the hospital, she lost the will to live (= the desire and determination to stay alive).

  • [ U ] I went there against my will.

• 17 your official statement of what should be done with your money and property after you die:

  • Your will isn’t valid until you sign it.

• 18 to try to make something happen by using your thoughts:

  • She willed herself to remain optimistic.

• 19 to officially arrange for someone to receive part or all of your money or property after your death:

  • She willed the house to her brother.

• 20 a legal document in which someone states what should be done with their money and property when they die:

  • leave/change/make a will About 75% of adults surveyed have not made a will.

  • His parents died without leaving a will.

• 21 to state in a will who should get your money and property when you die:

  • will sth to sb Property willed to her by her grandparents remains in their names until the estates are settled.

  • will sb sth She had willed her new husband all her property.