will

Pronunciation: [wil]

Average Rank: 65

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 意志, 决心, 意愿, 意向, 干劲, 遗嘱 vt. 用意志的力量驱使, 决意, 愿意, 立遗嘱 vi. 下决心, 愿意 aux. 将, 愿意, 必须

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
  • n. a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
  • v. decree or ordain
  • v. determine by choice
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Present Participle: willing
Past: willed
3rd Person: wills
Past Participle: willed

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#71

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#76

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.2% (Top 99.2% most frequent)
99.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#48

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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