- will
- noun1 power to choose; desireADJECTIVE▪ great, indomitable, iron, strong▪
her indomitable will to win
▪His unassuming manner concealed an iron will.
▪ weak▪ pure, sheer▪I was driven by the pure will to survive.
▪ free▪ conscious▪ collective, general, majority, national, popular, public▪Is that the general will, that we keep the present voting arrangements?
▪ individual▪ human▪ divine▪ political▪The government lacked the political will to reform the tax system.
▪ ill▪She bears them no ill will.
(see also goodwill)VERB + WILL▪ have▪She has a very strong will.
▪ lack▪ exercise, exert▪ lose▪She's lost the will to try and change things.
▪ break, drain, sap▪Constant rejection has sapped her will.
▪ regain▪ impose▪She usually manages to impose her will on the rest of the group.
▪ bend (sb/sth) to, obey▪They were taught to obey their father's will without question.
▪ go against▪My father didn't want me to leave home, and I didn't like to go against his will.
PREPOSITION▪ against your will▪Much against my will, I let him go.
▪ at will▪She believes employers should have the right to hire and fire at will.
PHRASES▪ an act of will▪It requires an act of will to make myself go running in the morning.
▪ a battle of wills, a clash of wills▪The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.
▪ an effort of will▪With a great effort of will he resisted her pleas.
▪ of your own free will▪She left of her own free will.
▪ where there's a will there's a way (= used to say that sth is possible if you really want it)▪ the will to live▪She gradually regained the will to live.
▪ God's will, the will of God2 legal documentADJECTIVE▪ valid▪Two people must witness your signature or your will is not valid.
▪ living (= a record of your wishes regarding medical treatment at the end of your life)VERB + WILL▪ draft, draw up, make, write▪His lawyer drew up the will.
▪Have you made your will?
▪ sign▪ leave▪She left no will and was unmarried.
▪ read▪ alter, change▪ remember sb in▪My aunt remembered me in her will.
▪ administer, execute▪ challenge, contest▪The family decided to contest the will in court.
▪ break, overturn, set aside (BrE)▪They succeeded in getting the will overturned.
PREPOSITION▪ by will▪Some things cannot be given away by will.
▪ in a/the will▪She left me some money in her will.
▪ under a/the will▪Under her father's will, she gets $5 000 a year.
PHRASES▪ sb's last will and testament
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
