Will vs. Would
Willverb
To wish, desire (something).
Willverb
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
Willverb
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
Willverb
(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
Willverb
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
Willverb
(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Willverb
(archaic) To wish, desire.
Willverb
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
Willverb
(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
Willverb
(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
Willnoun
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Willnoun
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Willnoun
The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Willnoun
A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
Willnoun
(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
Willnoun
(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
Willnoun
The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
Willnoun
The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
Willnoun
The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
Willnoun
Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
Willnoun
That which is strongly wished or desired.
Willnoun
Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
Willnoun
The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
Willverb
To wish; to desire; to incline to have.
Willverb
As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
Willverb
To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
Willverb
To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Willverb
To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
Willverb
To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.
Willverb
To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
Willnoun
the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;
Willnoun
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose;
Willnoun
a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
Willverb
decree or ordain;
Willverb
have in mind;
Willverb
determine by choice;
Willverb
leave or give by will after one's death;
Wouldverb
(heading) As a past-tense form of will.
Wouldverb
(obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
Wouldverb
(archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
Wouldverb
Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
Wouldverb
Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
Wouldverb
(archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
Wouldverb
Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
Wouldverb
(heading) As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.
Wouldverb
Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
Wouldverb
Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
Wouldverb
Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
Wouldverb
Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
Wouldverb
Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
Wouldverb
Might desire; wish (something).
Wouldnoun
Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
Would
Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
Wouldnoun
See 2d Weld.
Wouldverb
past of will, in various senses
Wouldverb
(expressing the conditional mood) indicating the consequence of an imagined event or situation
Wouldverb
used to give advice
Wouldverb
expressing a desire or inclination
Wouldverb
expressing a polite request
Wouldverb
expressing willingness or consent
Wouldverb
expressing a conjecture, opinion, or hope
Wouldverb
used to make a comment about behaviour that is typical
Wouldverb
expressing a wish or regret
