verb Download 🔗Share (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). Examples : "Do what you will." language literature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. Examples : "My teacher will explain the lesson tomorrow. " grammar language linguistics time future essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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