"I'll" meaning in English

See I'll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /aɪ̯l/ [General-American, UK], /ɑːl/ [General-American, UK], /əl/ [unstressed], /ʌl/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-I'll.ogg [US], En-us-I'll.oga [US]
Rhymes: -aɪl, -aɪəl Etymology: Contraction of I will. Etymology templates: {{contraction|en|I will}} Contraction of I will Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} I'll, {{en-cont}} I'll
  1. I will. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-I'll-en-contraction-tvscKGuI
  2. I shall. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-I'll-en-contraction-Ci7q5Jbu Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 100 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chill, ch'ill, I’l [obsolete], Ile [obsolete] Derived forms: I'll be a monkey's uncle, I'll be blowed

Alternative forms

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